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the numbers seperated by the text or delimiter were merged to form the 8 digit number, and i don't want this to happen
DATA what I have what I need
| ABC- AB12345-12345678-AB | 12345678 | 12345678 |
| ABS-12345678-ABV | 12345678 | 12345678 |
| Abd=IUY=BGTYH-AI789_12345678 | 12345678 | 12345678 |
| T12345678-12345 | 12345678 | 12345678 |
| Abx-ABC23456789-12345678 | 12345678 | 12345678 |
| ABA1234HDSC8765 | 12348765 | |
| BGS-123-45678 | 12345678 | |
| bsg-123-12345678 | 12345678 | 12345678 |
| BFH-12345678-123 | 12345678 | 12345678 |
Hi @Yqy ,
Please try the script below. What it does it converts the text string into a list, converts the items into a number if can be else null, then filters the list to exclude null, converts the list back into a text string, extracts the first 8 characters only then convert it back to number.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcnRy1lVwdDI0MjYx1QWTZuYWuo5OSrE6IMlgZLEwiGBSiq1naKStk3tIpIeuo6e5hWU8TBFYQQhcC5gB1VQBNMAZKmGpi6LB0ckRxPdwCXa2MDeDaHByB1uti1CVVJwOFkHR6uTmoYtsnVJsLAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [DATA = _t]),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Convert to List", each Text.ToList([DATA])),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Get Number", each List.Transform([Convert to List], each try Number.From(_) otherwise null)),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Filter List", each List.Select([Get Number], each _ <> null)),
#"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom2", {"Filter List", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From)), type text}),
#"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(#"Extracted Values", "First8", each Number.From(Text.Start([Filter List],8)), Int64.Type)
in
#"Added Custom3"
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