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Anonymous
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Extracting a word with a wildcard from all the queries and create distinct list

Hi Experts,

My source input: PDF, with images and tables, When I load, it is creating query for each page based on my selection. 

As Images have details of each table (Unfortunately cannot get them) I want to extract table names not associated with any record

Say "ID_Area_CD_*" * is a wild card and I need to pull all such information in each query to form a unique and distinct list. 

Please can you help. Thanks a lot

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It's not completely clear to me what you are ultimately trying to achieve but maybe this will work as a custom column:

 

if Text.StartsWith([Column1], "ID_Area_CD_")
then Text.AfterDelimiter([Column1], "ID_Area_CD_")
else null

 

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v-jingzhang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

 

@AlexisOlson 's solution looks good. Does it solve this problem?

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing

Anonymous
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Thank you @AlexisOlson  I tried after your advise, I get a condition "False" and "True" and when I use Text.AfterDelimiter I get the string but some garbage from other columns. I tried to combine this with IF

IF( Text.StartsWith([Column1], "ID_Area_CD_") then Text.AfterDelimiter([Column1],"_") ? I am trying but getting syntax error.

 

It's not completely clear to me what you are ultimately trying to achieve but maybe this will work as a custom column:

 

if Text.StartsWith([Column1], "ID_Area_CD_")
then Text.AfterDelimiter([Column1], "ID_Area_CD_")
else null

 

AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

Have you tried using a condition like Text.StartsWith([ColumnName], "ID_Area_CD_")?

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