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Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
Identify if string is made if of numeric values
Hi I am trying to identify on my report, using PowerQuery, if a purchadse order number; the column is declared as a text value, had/is all nuermic values. A number of Purchase orders numbers are...
- 5 years ago
One way to do it is to add a custom column with this formula, which will return True for number rows and False for ones with letters.
=Value.Is(Value.FromText([Column1]), type number)
If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.
Regards,
Pat
mahoneypat
5 years agoMicrosoft Employee
One way to do it is to add a custom column with this formula, which will return True for number rows and False for ones with letters.
=Value.Is(Value.FromText([Column1]), type number)
If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.
Regards,
Pat
- Anonymous5 years agoNot applicable
PAt
So simple when you know how, that sgreta thanks.
Are you able to tell me the difference between 'type number' and 'Number.Type'
Chris