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I want to search for exact string in a column and then get a true or false result.
For eg If I have to search "AGRESSIVE" or "CLIENT Not" in
"Welcome: This is agressiveness behaviour"
I am currently using CONTAINS function and it gives me true as agressiveness has AGRESSIVE but I need false so if exact search exist then only result should be true and false in below case like -
"Aagressive"
"agressiveness"
Thanks
Meenakshi Ramdeo
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The following method is for your reference:
Sample:
Create a measure as follows
Measure = IF(CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT("aggressive", MAX([Column])), "True", "False")
or a calculated column as follows
Column 1 = IF(CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT("aggressive", [Column]), "True", "False")
Output:
Best Regards,
Yulia Xu
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The following method is for your reference:
Sample:
Create a measure as follows
Measure = IF(CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT("aggressive", MAX([Column])), "True", "False")
or a calculated column as follows
Column 1 = IF(CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT("aggressive", [Column]), "True", "False")
Output:
Best Regards,
Yulia Xu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
This will not help as adding space in YourTable[YourColumn] will become " Welcome: This is agressiveness behaviour "
Hi @meenakshiramdeo - Can you try below dax function Contrainstring to get the exact string match
ExactMatch =
IF (
OR (
CONTAINSSTRING(" " & YourTable[YourColumn] & " ", " AGRESSIVE "),
CONTAINSSTRING(" " & YourTable[YourColumn] & " ", " CLIENT Not ")
),
TRUE(),
FALSE()
)
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