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Extracting specific number form alphanumeric text
Not particularly elegant, but works for me:
(TextInput as text) => let Source = TextInput, Custom1 = Text.Split(Source, " "), Custom2 = List.Select(Custom1, each Text.Length(_) = 9), Custom3 = List.Transform(Custom2, each Text.ToList(_)), Custom5 = List.Select(Custom3, each List.MatchesAll(_, (li)=> List.Contains({"0".."9"}, li))){0}, Custom4 = Text.Combine(Custom5) in Custom4
there is no specific place in string this might come. Dpending on user input (geogrpahically dispersed users), numeric string can appear anywhere in the cell. Numeric string to be pulled out will always be 9 characters if that helps.
Community ChampionThere's no easy DAX way that I can think of off the top of my head, perhaps ImkeF has an M way.
- ImkeF
Not particularly elegant, but works for me:
(TextInput as text) => let Source = TextInput, Custom1 = Text.Split(Source, " "), Custom2 = List.Select(Custom1, each Text.Length(_) = 9), Custom3 = List.Transform(Custom2, each Text.ToList(_)), Custom5 = List.Select(Custom3, each List.MatchesAll(_, (li)=> List.Contains({"0".."9"}, li))){0}, Custom4 = Text.Combine(Custom5) in Custom4Thanks for the inputs. I am not trained with M query. Can this be used while adding custom column?
Will request you to share any quick tutorial that might help me to implement the solution.
- ImkeF
You can find that tutorial here: https://www.thebiccountant.com/2019/01/30/add-a-column-with-custom-function-code-in-power-query/
Following up with another solution i learned for this problem from my peer.
Replacing 9 with |9 (delimiter), extracting text after delimiter and replacing delimiter (|) with nothing.
Regards,
Vippan
Hello Greg,
Thanks a lot for your help.
regards