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Nick
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Match a phone number to a list of country codes

I am trying to match a phone number to a list of country codes in excel to know the country.

The problem is that I want to match the first x characters of the phone number to the country code (where x is the length of the country code in the list) as not all the country codes have the same length (eg. US:1 UK: 44 Jordan:962, UAE:971, Bahrain:973).

I was able to do it in Excel via the following formula, but now struggling to convert it to Power BI/Query:

 

=LOOKUP(0,-SEARCH(LEFT(A1,LEN(CountryCodes!$D$1:$D$6))+0,CountryCodes!$D$1:$D$6),CountryCodes!$E$1:$E$6)

where CountryCodes!D1:D6 - Country Code
CountryCodes!E1:E6 - Country

 

Is this feasible?

 

Thanks in advance,

Nick

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Hi Nick

 

Below is the the link to the country codes.

 

Create a conditional column in the powerquery based on the below list.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5-C_3XrFPdOZXkwNkZXb3pGdGs/view?usp=sharing

 

This would solve your problem.

 

This is a really lenghty solution but it definitely works.

 

Regards,

Bhavesh

 

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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grprem81us
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This does not work in Power BI Query.

 

Can anyone help to convert this to Power Query

 

=LOOKUP(0,-SEARCH(LEFT(A1,LEN(CountryCodes!$D$1:$D$6))+0,CountryCodes!$D$1:$D$6),CountryCodes!$E$1:$E$6)

 

Thanks in Advance.....

 

BhaveshPatel
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SAMPLE DATA PLEASE SIR

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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Is this enough?

 

CountryCodes.PNG

 

 

PhoneNumbers.PNG

 

 

 

THIS WOULD BE OF GREAT HELP.

 

https://www.powerquery.training/portfolio/replicate-excels-vlookup-function/

 

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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Thanks.

 

I tried already yesterday but could not get it work so far since VLOOKUP approwimative match doesn't help really.

Here is a false result for anumber from North America:

Capture.PNG

 

Regards,

Nick

 

Hi Nick

 

Below is the the link to the country codes.

 

Create a conditional column in the powerquery based on the below list.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5-C_3XrFPdOZXkwNkZXb3pGdGs/view?usp=sharing

 

This would solve your problem.

 

This is a really lenghty solution but it definitely works.

 

Regards,

Bhavesh

 

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

Love the Self Service BI.
Please use the 'Mark as answer' link to mark a post that answers your question. If you find a reply helpful, please remember to give Kudos.

can you send the link ?

 

Great thanks! Had to fix some syntax error (lowercase and speeling syntax) but all good. Thanks again, Nick

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