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Anonymous
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Extract date and specific string from text

Hi
I have the following table that contains everything in one cell!!!

I want to extract the fist & last date entered in that cell and first & last size in the formate of (00/64").
That 4 columns should be added to the original table similar to pic below.

I want to do it using PQ.

Extract date.JPG

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AlienSx
Super User
Super User

Hi, @Anonymous 

let
    Source = your_table,
    delim = {" on ", ". ", ", ", " "},
    col =     
        Table.AddColumn(
            Source, "rec", 
            each 
                [a = 
                    List.Buffer(
                        List.Skip(
                            Splitter.SplitTextByAnyDelimiter(
                                delim, 
                                QuoteStyle.None
                            )([Remark])
                        )
                    ),
                b = 
                    [First Size = a{0}?,
                    First Date = a{1}?,
                    Last Size = a{List.Count(a) - 2}?,
                    Last Date = List.Last(a)]][b]
        ),
    expand = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(col, "rec", {"First Size", "First Date", "Last Size", "Last Date"})
in
    expand
ronrsnfld
Super User
Super User

You can extract the components using Regular Expressions. You can implement Regular Expressions using a Custom Function or, if you are running Power Query in Power BI, you can also use Python or R.

Anonymous
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You just need to use the Extract menu under the Add Columns tab, making sure you choose Text  store or Text After Delimiters, making sure the parameters include whether to start from the beginning or end of the string. 

--Nate

Anonymous
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I tried a lot. I couldn't get a clue.

Maybe second eye can.

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