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Remove first 2 characters from a column value
- 6 years ago
From PQE, you can perform the below for having last 2 digits of Number column:
1. Duplicate the Number column2. Perform below operations from Home ->Transform section at top:
Split Column >> By Number of Characters
3. Modify with below:
Number of Characters = 2
Split = Once, as far right as possible
4. Remove unwanted split column and rename new column
Alternatively, you can use below formula in Advanced Editor:
#"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Changed Type", "Number", "Duplicated Number"),
#"Split Column by Position" = Table.SplitColumn(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Duplicated Column", {{"Duplicated Number", type text}}, "en-IN"), "Duplicated Number", Splitter.SplitTextByPositions({0, 2}, true), {"Duplicated Number", "New Number"}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Split Column by Position",{"Duplicated Number"})Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you !!!
Namoh
Add this as a new custom column in Power Query.
Text.RemoveRange(Text.From([Old]),0,2)
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- Namoh6 years agoPost Partisan
Nope, this didn't work, probably because it's not text but a number.