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Farros
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2 years ago
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How to remove dollar sign in string type data and change to numeric data

 
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi Farros ,

     

    I created a sample data for reference. As you can see, "$8,414" is text data ype just like you.

    You can directly change the data type as numeric type.

    If you insist on removing the dollar sign, then you can use the Split feature.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

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ronrsnfld
Super User
2 years ago

My Power BI recognizes those strings as Currency.Type. You might be able to just change the #"Changed Type" step from ...{"Sales", type text}... to ...{"Sales", type number}... or even ...{"Sales",Currency.Type}...  If you are in a different country, you might need to add the Culture to that step.