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Anonymous
3 years agoNot applicable
Split column by delimiter
Hi I would like to confirm how to split multiple columns by delimiter. The requirement I want to realise is as below. Requirement:
- 3 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,
Please try the following:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wci/KLy1QMFTSUXLMy0uMyXNJLMtMickLLi1OzAMKOpUWZ+alFhcDJVITczLz0oFSGfkFSrGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type text}, {"Column3", type text}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Name", each Text.Split([Column2], "#(lf)") ), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Department", each Text.Split([Column3],"#(lf)")), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom", each List.Zip({[Name],[Department]})), #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom2", "Custom"), #"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Custom", "Custom.1", each Text.Combine([Custom], "_")), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom3",{"Column2", "Column3", "Name", "Department", "Custom"}), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom.1", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Name", "Department"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Name", type text}, {"Department", type text}}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type1",{{"Column1", "Group"}}) in #"Renamed Columns"
danextian
Super User
3 years agoHi Anonymous ,
Please try the following:
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wci/KLy1QMFTSUXLMy0uMyXNJLMtMickLLi1OzAMKOpUWZ+alFhcDJVITczLz0oFSGfkFSrGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type text}, {"Column3", type text}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Name", each Text.Split([Column2], "#(lf)") ),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Department", each Text.Split([Column3],"#(lf)")),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom", each List.Zip({[Name],[Department]})),
#"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom2", "Custom"),
#"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Custom", "Custom.1", each Text.Combine([Custom], "_")),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom3",{"Column2", "Column3", "Name", "Department", "Custom"}),
#"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom.1", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Name", "Department"}),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Name", type text}, {"Department", type text}}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type1",{{"Column1", "Group"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"