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Chrisjr
Helper IV
Helper IV

extract text before invisible space

Hello All, 

 

I have the following values. 

 

Car Brand
Audi
A4
Audi
Q4
BMW
iX3
Ford
Focus

 

When I upload it into power bi, it shows a white space.

 

Chrisjr_0-1675790714883.png

 

However I am unable to extract the text before delimiter. I copied paste the value into a note pad and there is indeed a delimiter. 

 

Any idea how I could manage to split it by the white space. 

 

The end result would look like this:

Car BrandModel
AudiA4
AudiQ4
BMWiX3
FordFocus

 

 

 

Thanks, 

Chris

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v-jingzhang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Chrisjr 

 

I'm not sure what the delimiter is from your screenshot. But you may try the Split Column feature in Power Query Editor. Select the "Car Brand" column, split it through Home > Split Column > By DelimiterSplit columns by delimiter - Power Query

vjingzhang_0-1675835861156.png

 

If Power Query can tell the delimiter, it will display the delimiter in the input box beneath "Select or enter delimiter" automatically. If it is a special character, it will select the checkbox "Split using special characters" in "Advanced options". If it doesn't tell the delimiter correctly, you can expand the dropdown box to try other special characters. 

vjingzhang_1-1675835931777.png

Hope this helps. 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.

 

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Chrisjr
Helper IV
Helper IV

Thanks @v-jingzhang 

v-jingzhang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Chrisjr 

 

I'm not sure what the delimiter is from your screenshot. But you may try the Split Column feature in Power Query Editor. Select the "Car Brand" column, split it through Home > Split Column > By DelimiterSplit columns by delimiter - Power Query

vjingzhang_0-1675835861156.png

 

If Power Query can tell the delimiter, it will display the delimiter in the input box beneath "Select or enter delimiter" automatically. If it is a special character, it will select the checkbox "Split using special characters" in "Advanced options". If it doesn't tell the delimiter correctly, you can expand the dropdown box to try other special characters. 

vjingzhang_1-1675835931777.png

Hope this helps. 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.

 

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