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Create a new column for returning a specific text from an existing column
- 2 years ago
Hi Nekki, this will work for sample data, but keep in mind, that there are more patterns in your data!
I used logic to extract text with at least one space.
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("1ZPdCoIwFIBfZXgtvsCu1LqxX5IIEi9OOjKam8xJ9PYtC9N0UWBkV9uB8237zjkLAmM9wTOgBM+5kAkRDNtZpkKHFgT7kBaEoqmFPIiOOWdGaD6IMeTyCmxALZSknN2pCFQoJfJ4AiyvMN9ucrWLVnxHhEQjfmLkbCJPWBXSkV2esuUE+UBjYFDmumoTg/YGNxGHHC0FSNmQGKq2DnnWfsMX30pTprfU8ItCdGo76jAGeCGA7fuWrsl1kb/p8zeFS8TnRetpfU93S1XT5baebt41DoMx/tP//Il2eAE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Star_info = _t]), Ad_StarName = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Star Name", each [ a = Text.Split([Star_info], ";"), b = List.Select(a, (x)=> Text.Contains(x, " ")){0}? ][b], type text) in Ad_StarName
Table.AddColumn(
Source, "Star name",
each Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({"; "}, QuoteStyle.None, true)([Star Info]){1}
)Hi AlienSx thanks for your comment.
My bad - I am quite new to Power BI that cant able to get your answer.
To elaborate more, for instance, below is the column containing 30 entries for 5 stars. I would like to add a new column to only display the stars' name
Stars
| Samuel L. Jackson |
| Scarlett Johansson |
| Robert Downey, Jr. |
| Zoe Saldana |
| Chris Pratt |
Star_Info
| UK;Male;Northern;Apple;Blue;Samuel L. Jackson |
| UK;Male;Eastern;Waterlemon;Blue;Scarlett Johansson |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Robert Downey, Jr. |
| USA;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Male;Zoe Saldana |
| Canada;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Chris Pratt |
| UK;Male;Northern;Apple;Blue;Samuel L. Jackson |
| UK;Male;Eastern;Waterlemon;Blue;Scarlett Johansson |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Robert Downey, Jr. |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Zoe Saldana |
| Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Chris Pratt;Canada |
| Samuel L. Jackson;UK;Male;Northern;Apple;Blue |
| UK;Male;Eastern;Banana;Orange;Scarlett Johansson |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Robert Downey, Jr. |
| USA;Zoe Saldana;Eastern;Apple;Blue; |
| Canada;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Chris Pratt |
| UK;Male;Northern;Apple;Blue;Samuel L. Jackson |
| UK;Male;Eastern;Banana;Orange;Scarlett Johansson |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Robert Downey, Jr. |
| USA;Male;Southern;Apple;Blue;Zoe Saldana |
| Canada;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Chris Pratt |
| UK;Male;Northern;Samuel L. JacksonApple;Blue |
| UK;Male;Scarlett Johansson;Eastern;Waterlemon;Blue |
| USA;Male;Southern;Blue;Robert Downey, Jr. |
| USA;Male;Southern;Apple;Blue;Zoe Saldana |
| Canada;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Chris Pratt |
| UK;Male;Northern;Apple;Blue;Samuel L. Jackson |
| UK;Male;Eastern;Waterlemon;Blue;Scarlett Johansson |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Robert Downey, Jr. |
| USA;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Zoe Saldana |
| Canada;Male;Eastern;Apple;Blue;Chris Pratt |
- Anonymous2 years agoNot applicable
Hi Nekki ,
Please add a custom column use:Text.AfterDelimiter([Star Info], ";", {0, RelativePosition.FromEnd})Best Regards,
Gao
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