PowerQuery - Extract Data if contain

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am working on PowerQuery.

May I ask how I could extract the data from ( ) only if there is a ( )

Example	Desired result
Tom	Tom
1(Peter)	Peter
David	David
Oscar	Oscar
2(Alex)	Alex

Many thanks!

[v-zhangti · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Anonymous 

Please try the following methods. Use Split Column twice in Power query. first split with "(" and second split with ")".

The results are shown in the figure.

Then add a custom column.

if[Example.2.1]<>null then [Example.2.1] else [Example.1]

You will get the results you expect.

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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[otravers]

Try the "column from example" feature, it's pretty good at figuring things out:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/column-from-example