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Extract ref number from free text column
Good Afternoon,
I'm trying to extract a reference number into its own column. The reference is sometimes input but not always present.
The reference will always start with "SMIS" and will have a varying amount of numbers directly following it (normally there are 5, 6 or 7 numbers in the reference).
What is the best way to pull this ref out?
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L_Oram Perhaps use Text.Split to convert the text into a list using a space as separator. Then you could use List.MatchesAll with a condition based on Text.Start (SMIS).
