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Thulasiraman
Helper II
4 years agoIssues in "Remove Duplicates"
Hi all, I have 4 different master files which contains duplicate values (Names). I appended all the 4 files in power query and applied trim function and removed duplicates. But still when the file...
- Anonymous4 years ago
Hi Thulasiraman ,
Here's a function from this link.
(text as text, optional char_to_trim as text) => let char = if char_to_trim = null then " " else char_to_trim, split = Text.Split(text, char), removeblanks = List.Select(split, each _ <> ""), result=Text.Combine(removeblanks, char) in resultPlease go to the power query editor. Create a blank query, then enter the above code in the advanced editor.
Then you can add a custom using this function.
Now you can remove the column with the wrong spaces, keeping your new column.
Best Regards,
Stephen Tao
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Thulasiraman
Helper II
4 years agoBA_Pete
Super User
4 years agoHi Thulasiraman ,
Can you share your query here please?
You can copy the whole thing in Advanced Editor and paste it into a code window here:
Just remove any sensitive info from connection strings in the Source and navigation steps.
Pete