HTML symbol decimal values translated to actual symbols

[Zyg_D]

E.g., in I can have this string value in the column: 

Раrtizаn

I would like this value to appear as 

Partizan

Is it possible to transform a string which can contain any number of any HTML symbol (not using R or Py) ?

[Zyg_D · Accepted solution]

Html.Table works brilliantly! Full inspectable code:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wiik1MDAyUzY0MDWzhrPNjayLSjKrkPl5SrGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [col1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"col1", type text}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "HtmlStep", each Html.Table([col1],{{"HtmlDecoded",":root"}})),
    #"Expanded HtmlStep" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Added Custom", "HtmlStep", {"HtmlDecoded"}, {"HtmlDecoded"})
in
    #"Expanded HtmlStep"

Or without a new column: 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wiik1MDAyUzY0MDWzhrPNjayLSjKrkPl5SrGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [col1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"col1", type text}}),
    Decoded = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type", 
        {{ "col1", each Table.FirstValue(Html.Table(_,{{"HtmlDecoded",":root"}})) }} )
in
    Decoded

[PhilipTreacy]

Hi @Zyg_D 

Yes you can do this, here's the M code to copy/paste into a blank query, and a sample PBIX file

let
    Codes = [1056 = "P", 1072 = "a"],
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wiik1MDAyUzY0MDWzhrPNjayLSjKrkPl5SrGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Text = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each List.RemoveMatchingItems(Text.SplitAny([Text],";&#"),{" "})),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom.1", each Text.Combine(List.Transform([Custom], each try if Number.From(_) > 0 then Record.Field(Codes,_) else null otherwise _ ))),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"Custom"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

I've created a Record with the codes for P and a , you will need to add whatever other codes you need to this.  You could use a List or a Table Column just as well, but the above code will need to be modified to accomodate this.

The code splits the text into separate codes and letters, replaces the code with the letter from the Codes Record then recombines everything.

Regards

Phil

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[Zyg_D]

Thanks, @PhilipTreacy 

This may work, but I would need to know beforehand which HTML codes I may get. Sadly I don't know what users will provide me with.

I know there is a DAX function UNICHAR, which decodes all those numeric values into symbols, but I don't know how to deploy it so that it would read any number of occurrences. 

[amitchandak]

@Zyg_D , Not very clear

refer :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UDynnPQpG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz2aD0XvkUk