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jnpb
Helper I
3 years ago
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Extracting $amount from Notes field

I have a table with a Notes field that contains varying text, but each with a dollar value expressed as $nnn.nn . The amount varies but always includes decimals.  How would I go about extracting t...
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    parry2k
    3 years ago

    jnpb the solution v-yanjiang-msft provided is basically looking to extract the value between $ and "For Order" and in case it didn't work because that row doesn't meet the criteria, maybe change it to this:

     

    Text.BetweenDelimiters([Column1], "$", " ")

     

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v-yanjiang-msft
Community Support
3 years ago

Hi jnpb ,

According to your description, I create a sample.

You can add a cusotm column in Power Query:

Text.BetweenDelimiters([Column1], "$", "For Order")

Get the result.

I attach my sample below for your reference.

 

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jnpb
Helper I
3 years ago

Hi there, 

Thank you for this! Using this I achieved partial success. Below are two values where one worked, and one that didn't. I'm unsure why it wasn't successful for every entry: 



Any thoughts on what might be causing this? Thanks so much for the help!