Unexpected R program (ReGex) output in PowerBI

[ArtieLadie]

I am following this tutorial to incorporate R into Microsoft PowerBI, http://radacad.com/power-bi-and-regular-expressions

Using my own data

I understand how

# 'dataset' holds the input data for this script

pattern <- "[[:digit:]]{2}[[:alpha:]]{1}[[:digit:]]{3}"

isValid <- function(x) {grepl(pattern , as.character(x), ignore.case=TRUE)}

output <- within(dataset,{Building=isValid(dataset$GROUP_NAME)})

Translates to

But how do I print out the matching string itself, i.e. 02M477, 08X048, etc

I tried

# 'dataset' holds the input data for this script

pattern <- "[[:digit:]]{2}[[:alpha:]]{1}[[:digit:]]{3}"

isValid <- function(x) {grep(pattern , as.character(x), ignore.case=TRUE, value=TRUE)}

output <- within(dataset,{Building=isValid(dataset$GROUP_NAME)})

And I expect

Yet I get following error ... how to fix?

DataSource.Error: ADO.NET: R script error.
Error in `[<-.data.frame`(`*tmp*`, nl, value = list(Building = c("Madison\\Manual\\02M477-Shift Stick", :
replacement element 1 has 760 rows, need 768
Calls: within -> within.data.frame -> [<- -> [<-.data.frame
Execution halted

Details:
DataSourceKind=R
DataSourcePath=R
Message=R script error.
Error in `[<-.data.frame`(`*tmp*`, nl, value = list(Building = c("Madison\\Manual\\02M477-Shift Stick", :
replacement element 1 has 760 rows, need 768
Calls: within -> within.data.frame -> [<- -> [<-.data.frame
Execution halted

ErrorCode=-2147467259
ExceptionType=Microsoft.PowerBI.Scripting.R.Exceptions.RScriptRuntimeException

[v-danhe-msft]

Hi @ArtieLadie ,

Could you please tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, could you please mark the helpful replies as Answered to close this topic?

Regards,

Daniel He

[v-danhe-msft]

Hi @ArtieLadie ,

Based on my test, maybe you could refer to below workaround:

Use the split function:

And ues this function again(with character):

You could also download the pbix file to have a view.

Regards,

Daniel He