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How to replace a delimiter with an increase number ?

I have a column like  as below with a delimiter ";"

 

41.0223979,29.019951;41.0029523,29.0507535;41.0542336,28.9300755;40.999712,28.9225336

 

which i would like to convert like as below

 

41.0223979,29.019951wp0141.0029523,29.0507535wp0241.0542336,28.9300755wp0340.999712,28.9225336

 

Simply replacing each ";" into "wp??

?? means increasing number for each value

 

Can you please support how to do that?

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CNENFRNL
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let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("HcnBDcAgDAPAXXijKHFwqdVREPuvQcr3bq02whxITXXIPCTG96NDRF6kTyavciDz6XhN6cWlbpJm4CLA+rb3AQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Orig = _t]),
    #"Repl Delim" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Repl Delim", each List.Accumulate({1..List.Count(Text.PositionOf([Orig], ";", 2))}, [Orig], (s,c) => Text.ReplaceRange(s, Text.PositionOf(s, ";"), 1, "pw" & Text.PadStart(Text.From(c), 2, "0"))))
in
    #"Repl Delim"

Screenshot 2021-10-15 011010.png


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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mahoneypat
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Microsoft Employee

Here is another way to do it, but the one by @CNENFRNL is more elegant.  Add a custom column and put this formula in the pop-up box, replacing [StringColumn] with the name of your actual column.

 

let thislist = Text.Split([StringColumn], ";"),
wplist = List.Transform({1..List.Count(thislist)-1}, each "wp"& Text.PadStart(Number.ToText(_), 2, "0"))&{""},
zipped = List.Zip({thislist, wplist}),
concatenated = List.Transform(zipped, each Text.Combine(_, ""))
in
Text.Combine(concatenated, "")

 

Pat





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CNENFRNL
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Community Champion

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("HcnBDcAgDAPAXXijKHFwqdVREPuvQcr3bq02whxITXXIPCTG96NDRF6kTyavciDz6XhN6cWlbpJm4CLA+rb3AQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Orig = _t]),
    #"Repl Delim" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Repl Delim", each List.Accumulate({1..List.Count(Text.PositionOf([Orig], ";", 2))}, [Orig], (s,c) => Text.ReplaceRange(s, Text.PositionOf(s, ";"), 1, "pw" & Text.PadStart(Text.From(c), 2, "0"))))
in
    #"Repl Delim"

Screenshot 2021-10-15 011010.png


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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