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SamWhite
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Merge values in two columns into new column

I have two columns in excel as shown below:

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I want to merge this two columns into a new column using Power Query so that result in the new column called "Final" is like below:

 

SamWhite_0-1682599480793.png

How can i acheive this using power query?

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Anonymous
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= Table.AddColumn(PriorStepOrTableName, "Final", each [Req number]?? [Req1 number])

 

--Nate

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Anonymous
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= Table.AddColumn(PriorStepOrTableName, "Final", each [Req number]?? [Req1 number])

 

--Nate

Thanks for the response. It works fine. What does the ?? operator do?

 

 

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