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yg1982
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Change data type of all columns in a table

Hi,

 

I need to transform the data type of all columns in a table (the number and the name of the columns can change in the future).
In another post I found the following solution:


let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="YourTable"]}[Content],

LSTHeaders = Table.ColumnNames(Source),

HowMany = List.Count(LSTHeaders),

Transformation = Table.TransformColumnTypes( Source, Table.ToRows(Table.FromColumns({LSTHeaders, List.Repeat({type number}, HowMany )}))) 

 

It works fine but I don't know how to apply "en-US" data format.
I tried the following but didn't work:

Transformation = Table.TransformColumnTypes( Source, Table.ToRows(Table.FromColumns({LSTHeaders, List.Repeat({
{type number}, "en-US"}, HowMany )})))


Any help? Thanks

 

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Anonymous
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or this (not tested)

 

Transformation = List.Accumulate(LSTHeaders,Source, (s,c)=>Table.TransformColumnTypes( s, {c,type number}, "en-US")

 

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Anonymous
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try this

Transformation = Table.TransformColumnTypes( Source, Table.ToRows(Table.FromColumns({LSTHeaders, List.Repeat({
{type number}}, HowMany )})), "en-US")

 

Anonymous
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or this (not tested)

 

Transformation = List.Accumulate(LSTHeaders,Source, (s,c)=>Table.TransformColumnTypes( s, {c,type number}, "en-US")

 

Thanks a lot

Anonymous
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Transformation = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source, List.Transform(LSTHeaders,each {_, type number}),"en-US")

or this

Anonymous
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Thanks Rocco, this works like a charm

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