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jak8282
Helper III
3 years ago
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Find characters in a string

Is there a way to search for special characters in a string like below   "#*&%$£!^+;:?<>"   I want to say if it finds any of them its "Invalid"
  • PhilipTreacy's avatar
    3 years ago

    Hi jak8282 

     

    Download example PBIX file

     

    In Power Query create a Custom Column with this

     

     

    if List.ContainsAny(Text.ToList([String]),Text.ToList("#*&%$£!^+;:?<>")) then "Invalid" else "Valid"

     

     

     

    Regards

     

    Phil