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Hi there
I have a file that is messy as anything and I would like to extract the numbers out of a particular column (some have combination of numbers and text and others just numbers. The column looks like this (sorry I had to paste as plain text)
Column A
58443
SO Stage
W58843
W58843-PB
57684
SO Stage
W57684
W57684-PB
Then the final result should look like this
Custom Column
58443
58843
58843
57684
57684
57684
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi @maccaronda
Try this
=Text.Select( [Column A], {"0".."9"} )
Very elegant; thanks
Hi @maccaronda
Try this
=Text.Select( [Column A], {"0".."9"} )
Hey @Mariusz ,
this is a brilliant solution. I was looking for my approach, as I did not bookmark it. I'm happy that I did find your approach first, very elegant.
~Tom
Thanks!
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