Grabbing a product number from a cluster of text and then adding it to a new column

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have received this data set, and I can't seem to wrap my mind around how to extract the value inside the bracket [] (see example below) and add it to a new column.

Some points to note. The BB-xxxx phrase I want is always bracketed, and the cell always starts with AA followed by [BB-xxxx]

As is			To be
Text	Amount		Text	Number	Amount
AA [BB-12345] Test1	84		AA [BB-12345] Test1	BB-12345	84
AA [BB-123425] Test2	834		AA [BB-123425] Test2	BB-123425	834
AA [BB-1345] Test3	84		AA [BB-1345] Test3	BB-1345	84
AA [BB-18345] Test4	83		AA [BB-18345] Test4	BB-18345	83
AA [BB-912345] Test5	85		AA [BB-912345] Test5	BB-912345	85

I hope someone is able to help me!

Thanks in advance!

[BA_Pete · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Select your [Text] column in Power Query, go to the Add Column Tab > Extract (dropdown) > Text Between Delimiters.

Start Delimiter = [

End Delimiter = ]

This should do what you need it to.

Pete

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot, Pete!