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Anonymous
7 years agoNot applicable
Capitalize only first word
Hello, 1) In power query (Excel) I am trying to capitalize ONLY the first word for each row in a given column. I do not want to capitalize every word in the string using Text.Proper . In the power...
- 7 years ago
Hi Anonymous
Please see the M expression for the first part below, just split the column on the first left delimiter and then use Text.Proper next merge this columns back together.
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WKi5JLCpRKEmtKFGK1YlWSs1LgXJiAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [label = _t]), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "label", Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({" "}, QuoteStyle.Csv, false), {"label.1", "label.2"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"label.1", type text}, {"label.2", type text}}), #"Capitalized Each Word" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type1",{{"label.1", Text.Proper, type text}}), #"Merged Columns" = Table.CombineColumns(#"Capitalized Each Word",{"label.1", "label.2"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter(" ", QuoteStyle.None),"label") in #"Merged Columns"For the second bit, please can you provide bigger data sample?
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loissyylane
3 years agoNew Member
Hi, I know this is a very late reply. I was also looking for the right formula for this and I found this one:
=UPPER(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1))&PROPER(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1)))