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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:
If loaded into Excel, it looks like this:
Solved! Go to Solution.
@ovetteabejuela,
Right click on your column and select "Replace Values" to replace this character with space, then trim your column.
Regards,
Lydia
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?
@ovetteabejuela,
Right click on your column and select "Replace Values" to replace this character with space, then trim your column.
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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