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raymondpocher
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Advocate III

PowerQuery: remove text string between custom delimiters

Hi community,

 

I want to achieve something simple but in power query I feel as if I am making way too compley. So after not finding anything on google I turn to you 🙂

 

Suppose I have loaded URLs into PowerQuery. Here a sample input:

.com/watch?t=606&v=rpcd-MEmzAc&ebc=ANyPxKo6RT9WxuEfw

 

I am now looking for a method to remove certain texts (above in bold):

.com/watch?v=rpcd-MEmzAc   

t=606& (string starting with a t= and ending with an or nothing)

&ebc=ANyPxKo6RT9WxuEfw (string starting with &ebc= and ending with an or nothing)

 

I tried:

 #"REMOVE" = Table.TransformColumns(#"PREVIOUS_STEP", {{"COLUMN_TO_REPLACE", each Text.Remove(_, Text.BetweenDelimiters(_, "t=", "&") ), type text}})

 

But in case the Parameter doesn't occur at all I will receive an error. It should only then replace the value if it is possible. 

 

 

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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

#"REMOVE" = Table.TransformColumns(#"PREVIOUS_STEP", {{"COLUMN_TO_REPLACE", each Text.Replace(_, Text.BetweenDelimiters(_, "t=", "&"), ""), type text}})

Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

#"REMOVE" = Table.TransformColumns(#"PREVIOUS_STEP", {{"COLUMN_TO_REPLACE", each Text.Replace(_, Text.BetweenDelimiters(_, "t=", "&"), ""), type text}})

Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

Hi, I am using this function to replace elements within html tags in a text.

It seems that the function does not replace the text for all occurrences, but only for the first one it finds.

Is it my mistake on how I am applying it or should some modification be applied?

    #"Rimosso contenuto span" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Rinominate colonne4", {{"Descrizione", each Text.Replace(_, Text.BetweenDelimiters(_, "<span", ">"), ""), type text}}),

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