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PaulTHR
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Extract first integer and thPowerQuery a way to remove the quantity number and specific word

Hi - I need to create in PowerQuery a way to remove the quantity number and specific word "Piece" from a data set in Pbi PowerQuery.
I have managed to try a couple of methods including splitiing by delimiter but I lose the result completely when the word "Piece" is not in the record - looks like this:

Before                             After                   Unfortunately I am getting                      But what I want is                   
2 Piece TypeATypeATypeATypeA
2 Piece TypeBTypeBTypeBTypeB
2 Piece TypeCTypeCTypeCTypeC
TypeDTypeD TypeD
2 Piece TypeATypeATypeATypeA
3 Piece TypeBTypeBTypeBTypeB
3 Piece TypeCTypeCTypeCTypeC
4 Piece TypeDTypeDTypeDTypeD
TypeATypeA TypeA
4 Piece TypeBTypeBTypeBTypeB
4 Piece TypeCTypeCTypeCTypeC
4 Piece TypeDTypeDTypeDTypeD
TypeATypeA TypeA
5 Piece TypeBTypeBTypeBTypeB
5 Piece TypeCTypeCTypeCTypeC
TypeDTypeD TypeD
5 Piece TypeATypeATypeATypeA
5 Piece TypeBTypeBTypeBTypeB

I had thought about find/replace but the numbers can be anything so dont want a script for every number option.

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Dinesh_Suranga
Continued Contributor
Continued Contributor

@PaulTHR 

First add a new column with following code.

Text.Remove( [ColumnName], {"0".."9"} )

Then replace " Piece ".

add space before and after Piece if there are space in existing column.

Thank you.

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

I think you can also do this purely with the GUI by using Text After Delimiter using a space and scanning from the right rather than the left.

AlexisOlson_0-1665589010130.png

 

This produces code like

Table.AddColumn(
    #"Changed Type",
    "Text After Delimiter",
    each Text.AfterDelimiter([Before], " ", {0, RelativePosition.FromEnd}),
    type text
)
Dinesh_Suranga
Continued Contributor
Continued Contributor

@PaulTHR 

First add a new column with following code.

Text.Remove( [ColumnName], {"0".."9"} )

Then replace " Piece ".

add space before and after Piece if there are space in existing column.

Thank you.

Thanks very much that did the trick.

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