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Anonymous
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IF Statement with Text.Length and Concat

Hi Experts,

 

Below is my table in Power Query

Purushothaman_1-1648195720815.png

 

I am adding a Custom column using the if statement in Text.length, below is the power query 

Purushothaman_2-1648195787176.png

 

However, after adding the custom column I got this below error.  I even tried changing the field type into ABC or 123 but still the same error.  

Purushothaman_3-1648195998315.png

 

Anyone, Please help!!

 

Thank you

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v-luwang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

Adjust to the below:

if Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T])  =1 then "000"&([FLT_CLS_T]) else if Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T]) =2 then   
"00"&([FLT_CLS_T]) else if Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T]) =3 then   "0"&([FLT_CLS_T]) else [FLT_CLS_T]

vluwangmsft_0-1648627565089.png

 

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Best Regards

Lucien

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v-luwang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

Adjust to the below:

if Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T])  =1 then "000"&([FLT_CLS_T]) else if Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T]) =2 then   
"00"&([FLT_CLS_T]) else if Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T]) =3 then   "0"&([FLT_CLS_T]) else [FLT_CLS_T]

vluwangmsft_0-1648627565089.png

 

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Best Regards

Lucien

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , I see come syntax error

Text.Length([FLT_CLS_T]) 

You can not text like 00

text append like

"00" & [FLT_CLS_T]

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