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How to replace cell text of a column based on cell text of another column

I have two columns called "shipping_state" and "shipping_city".

 

If shipping_state has blanks, I want Power Query to cross check what is the text value in the same row under shipping_city and for example, if shipping_city has text of "Newark", it will replace the value of shipping_state with "New Jersey. This is my code, there are no syntax errors or running errors, but it does not give me the output on the shipping_state column. Appreicate if someone can help me out!

 

#"Replace States" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Filtered Rows2", each if [shipping_state] = "" then
        if [shipping_city] = "Newark" then "New Jersey"
        else if [shipping_city] = "Stamford" then "Connecticut"
        else [shipping_state]
    else [shipping_state],
    each [shipping_state],
    Replacer.ReplaceValue,
    {"shipping_state"}
)
in
    #"Replace States"

 

 

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AlienSx
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

    replacements = 
        [Newark = "New Jersey", 
        Stamford = "Connecticut"],
    #"Replace States" = Table.ReplaceValue(
        #"Filtered Rows2",
        "", each Record.FieldOrDefault(replacements, [shipping_city], null),
        (v, o, n) => if v = "" then n else v,
        {"shipping_state"}
    )
in
    #"Replace States"

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AlienSx
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

    replacements = 
        [Newark = "New Jersey", 
        Stamford = "Connecticut"],
    #"Replace States" = Table.ReplaceValue(
        #"Filtered Rows2",
        "", each Record.FieldOrDefault(replacements, [shipping_city], null),
        (v, o, n) => if v = "" then n else v,
        {"shipping_state"}
    )
in
    #"Replace States"

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