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joeywong
Helper I
3 years ago
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Extract and categorize the column

Hi members,   I need help on this.   I have a table with a remarks column. The remarks column is unstructured with spacing, text, numbers, and symbols. This column contains many words, but it als...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi joeywong ,

    How about use the conditional column? like this:

     

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    Gao
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Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
3 years ago

Use this formula in a custom column where you will need to populate {"AA","BB","CC","DD"} appropriately.

= Text.Combine(List.Intersect({Text.Split([Remarks]," "),{"AA","BB","CC","DD"}}),", ")

 

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joeywong
Helper I
3 years ago

Hi Vijay,

 

Thank you for your attempt to help. However, this solution does not work. There are some null rows in between. 

 

Do you have any other solutions? Thanks!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    3 years ago

    Hi joeywong ,

    How about use the conditional column? like this:

     

    Best Regards,
    Gao
    Community Support Team

     

    If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    Most Valuable Professional
    3 years ago

    Use a try otherwise block

    = try Text.Combine(List.Intersect({Text.Split([Remarks]," "),{"AA","BB","CC","DD"}}),", ") otherwise null