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blazko
7 years agoHelper III
common character position
Hi! I need help with finding the the common character (or characters) in column (by a category from another colummn). ex '123G456', '789G321' have common G on third position. So im looking a column ...
- 7 years ago
Try this.
Please see attached file's Query Editor as well for steps
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("dcpBCoNADIXhu8xaQhJnxmSttIuK4FLEhbjoBXoAT+PBPEknhYKKs3vv5xtHt8wfcoUL9VPRx8fw+p993QDcVJyJxKYLt4RTRSZEmkXTBrCdyBGo/ABxDoRo8a1yB8oUhepeGLE1YBsA2iNQi8RlFpBFlSoLKosx+AuYvg==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type 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}}), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Column1"}, {{"ALL", each _[Column2], type list}}), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom.2", each Text.Combine(Table.AddColumn(Table.FromColumns(List.Transform([ALL],each Text.ToList(_))),"Result",each let mylist=List.Distinct(Record.ToList(_)), mycount=List.Count(mylist) in if mycount=1 then Text.Combine(mylist) else "." )[Result])), #"Expanded ALL" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom2", "ALL") in #"Expanded ALL"
Zubair_Muhammad
7 years agoCommunity Champion
Try this.
Please see attached file's Query Editor as well for steps
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("dcpBCoNADIXhu8xaQhJnxmSttIuK4FLEhbjoBXoAT+PBPEknhYKKs3vv5xtHt8wfcoUL9VPRx8fw+p993QDcVJyJxKYLt4RTRSZEmkXTBrCdyBGo/ABxDoRo8a1yB8oUhepeGLE1YBsA2iNQi8RlFpBFlSoLKosx+AuYvg==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type 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}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Column1"}, {{"ALL", each _[Column2], type list}}),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom.2", each Text.Combine(Table.AddColumn(Table.FromColumns(List.Transform([ALL],each Text.ToList(_))),"Result",each
let mylist=List.Distinct(Record.ToList(_)),
mycount=List.Count(mylist)
in
if mycount=1 then Text.Combine(mylist) else "."
)[Result])),
#"Expanded ALL" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom2", "ALL")
in
#"Expanded ALL"blazko
7 years agoHelper III
Just wow! I can't thank you enough! Works as a charm!