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ovetteabejuela
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Power Query | How to determine/remove this non-printable character

Hi,

 

How do I remove this character as I already tried Transform > Clean but it didn't help:

 

In Power Query, it shows like this:

non-printable-pq.PNG

 

If loaded into Excel, it looks like this:

non-printable-xl.PNG

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Anonymous
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@ovetteabejuela,

Right click on your column and select "Replace Values" to replace this character with space, then trim your column.

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Regards,
Lydia

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JonahSea
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Hi,

I have a similar problem, but the non-printable character is just behaving as a space ' ' when using find and replace. Trying to replace it just replaces spaces, leaving it unchanged. Is there any other way to find and replace these non-printable characters?

JonahSea_0-1706710005276.png

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

@ovetteabejuela,

Right click on your column and select "Replace Values" to replace this character with space, then trim your column.

1.JPG2.JPG

Regards,
Lydia

Yes, actually that worked, I just never thought PQ is capable of recognizing non-print characters in the Replace... method.

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