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Anonymous
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Split Column - Delimiter Issue

Hello,

 

I have a problem with splitting a column by delimiter.

 

The values within the column look like this "ITEM01, ITEM02, " whih leads in this example to three columns (ITEM01, ITEM02 and an empty one). How can I make it to only get two columns (ITEM01 and ITEM02)

 

 

Thanks for your help 🙂

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tex628
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Is there any reason as to why you can not split on each occurance and then delete the final column?

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Tahreem24
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@Anonymous ,

 

Refer below screen shot: Select Left most Occurence in Split column option.

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Anonymous
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I followed your advice but I got the following results:

 

Example_01:

"ITEM01, " --> [ITEM01] []

Example_02:

"ITEM01, ITEM02, ITEM03, " --> [ITEM01] [ITEM02, ITEM03, ]

 

I used the following settings:

 

example.png

 

@Anonymous,

 

ON YOUR QUESTION, IT IS ONLY ITEM1 AND ITEM 2.

HOW YOU WANT TO SPLIT THE ITEMS IN THIS CASE?

@Anonymous ,

 

How many Items do you have? if it is upto Item3 so use below screen shot and respected output:

Capture.JPG

 

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tex628
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Is there any reason as to why you can not split on each occurance and then delete the final column?

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Anonymous
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After the second try, your suggestion worked.

 

Thanks!

Anonymous
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There are also cells without an item and therefore without a delimiter.

Is there a way to cut off the last two characters?
Then I could do this and then split as usual.

mussaenda
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@Anonymous,

 

Try this

2020_01_21_13_23_12_ASSEMBLY_MONITORING_Power_Query_Editor.png

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