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peterhui50
4 years agoHelper III
Power Query, subtraction between two lists
Hello, I have columns with lists. Column [Numbers_1_3_5] has this. Column [Numbers_2_4_6] has this I want to just make a new column that finds the difference between the t...
- 4 years ago
Hi peterhui50
It's not quite as simple as in R I'm afraid, but you can use List.Zip to combine corresponding elements from a list of lists, then perform operations on the resulting list.
For your example, the code to enter in the calculated column dialog box would be something like this:
List.Transform( List.Zip( {[Numbers_1_3_5], [Numbers_2_4_6]} ), each _{1}-_{0})Regards,
Owen
peterhui50
4 years agoHelper III
Thanks that's amazing. I was trying to create functions and such and this solves it.