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Anonymous
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If statement in Power Query that removes last letter

Hi! 

 

I am trying to make a new column that has an if statement in a Power Query that removes the last letter if it is equal to  "*" This is what i got so far and i am not sure on how to fix it. 

 

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All help would be greatly appreciated!

 

All the best,

Pétur

 

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az38
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Hi @Anonymous 

try Text.BeforeDelimiter

= Text.BeforeDelimiter([guestName], "*")

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az38
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Hi @Anonymous 

try Text.BeforeDelimiter

= Text.BeforeDelimiter([guestName], "*")

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Greg_Deckler
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...then Text.Start([guestName],Text.Length([guestName])-1)...


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This was actually Giving me an Error, was messing up with the Code when i took the picture so thats why i forgot it probably! 

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