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Parco
Regular Visitor
4 years ago
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Checking keywords from another table

Hi, 

 

I have one keyword table (table1)

ABC
DE
FG
HI
JK

 

and a table to be checked (table2)

ABC-3
aABCD
YHIK
FGGG
JKKJ
DEA_B

 

May I ask how to give out the following result for table2 while both table 1 and 2 will be updated for more elements.

2ABC-3ABC
ABCDABC
YHIKHI
FGGGFG
JKKJJK
DEA_BDE

 

Thank you.

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi Parco ,

     

    Here's my solution.

    1.Add a custom column to insert the table2.

    2.Expand the column you want to match.

    3.Add a custom to match values.

    4.Filter out the true value to get the final result.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

     

     

     

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    Most Valuable Professional

    Let's assume that column is named Data in both tables. Then in a custom column in Table2, you can put following formula

     

    = try Table1[Data]{List.PositionOf(List.Transform(Table1[Data],(x)=>Text.Contains([Data],x)),true)} otherwise null

     

    See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

     

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcnRy1jVWitWJVkoEMl3ArEgPT28ww83d3R3M8PL29gIzXFwd452UYmMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Data = _t]),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Result", each try Table1[Data]{List.PositionOf(List.Transform(Table1[Data],(x)=>Text.Contains([Data],x)),true)} otherwise null)
    in
        #"Added Custom"

     

     

  • Here's another possibility.

    (row) => List.First(List.Select(table2[Keyword], each Text.Contains(row[Text], _)))

    This takes the list of keywords (table2[Keyword[), selects the keywords that are contained in the text from the current row of table1, and then takes the first element of that list (if it exists).

     

    Full sample query (referencing table2 with a column [Keyword]):

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcnRy1jVWitWJVkoEMl3ArEgPT28ww83d3R3M8PL29gIzXFwd453ALJBqVzeIdERklFJsLAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Text = _t]),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", (row) => List.First(List.Select(table2[Keyword], each Text.Contains(row[Text], _))), type text)
    in
        #"Added Custom"

     

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi Parco ,

     

    Here's my solution.

    1.Add a custom column to insert the table2.

    2.Expand the column you want to match.

    3.Add a custom to match values.

    4.Filter out the true value to get the final result.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.