Replace carriage return in dataset

[wi11iamr]

Hi there,

I have some columns in my dataset that has a large amount of text that includes a carriage return for some records.

Does anyone know of some interesting techniques I could try to replace the carriage return with a comma?

Thanks

W

[aggregator3000]

Bumping this old one for anyone wanting to do this in DAX.
Note, Line feed and Carriage Return are different to eachother.
I only know this after dealing with a string that had both... yep

You can use either of following, or combine them

Substitute out the carriage = 
    SUBSTITUTE( [TestCarriage],
                unichar(13),
                "\") --Replacement here

Substitute out the Line Feed = 
    SUBSTITUTE( [TestLineFeed],
                unichar(10),
                "\") --Replacement here

[Seth_C_Bauer · Accepted solution]

@wi11iamr It would appear you can do this in the Desktop.

In the Data section, click "Edit Queries" in the ribbon.

Select the table you want, and right click the column header

Select "Replace Values", click in the "Value To Find"

Select "Advanced Options" check "Replace using special characters"

Select "Insert special character"

Click "Carriage Return" and a carriage return should show in your values section

put comma in "Replace With"

OK

Close and Apply

This is "in theory" as I didn't directly test it, but the sequence appears to support the action.

[wi11iamr]

Thanks Eno, the solution you propose is however unfortunately to replace characters with a carriage return. My dilemma is to replace a carriage return with a character.

[Anonymous]

@wi11iamr

i think @Seth_C_Bauer solution should work for replacing with a character 

below image did that when i have it for line feed and replaced it with '-'

After

[wi11iamr]

Thank you, it appears I was too hasty (and naieve) in my initial response.

@Seth_C_Bauer - your clarification was indeed correct, thank you.

@Anonymous - thank you for taking the time to point this out to me