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Hello,
I have a column with a list of data that I want to organize by certain cities.
So what I have right now is something similar to
NY59V9
NJ47W3
SF111A3
339TX
94CT28
As you can see my dataset is a mix of number/random alphabets+ two state abbrevation.
I would like to only extract those Abbreviation and create a new column but I just can't really figure out how.
NY
NJ
SF
TX
CT
Can anyone give me some advice?
Please let me know if you have any question.
Best,
KP
Solved! Go to Solution.
Use following formula in a custom column. Replace Data with your column name.
=Text.Start(Text.Select([Data], {"A".."Z"}),2)
Use following formula in a custom column. Replace Data with your column name.
=Text.Start(Text.Select([Data], {"A".."Z"}),2)
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