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Hi all,
trying to add leading Zeros in front of my live query in an extra column. The result must always 8 digits long including the leading zeros
I tried:
Number.ToText ( [Number], "0000000"))not showning zeros in front of
Number.ToText ( [Number], "d8"))not showning zeros in front of
Text.End("0" & Text.From([Number]),8)shows only one leading zero instead of multiple to fill till 8 digits are reached
Text.PadStart (Text.From( [Number]),8,"0")works, but is not allowed in live queries
Any idea how to fix this in a live query?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi,
Text.End("00000000" & Text.From([Number]),8)
Text.Repeat("0", 8-Text.Length(Text.From([Number]))) & Text.From([Number])
Stéphane
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlSK1YlWMjODUKZACGFZmgGRJUzY0gKqzBhMQ0hTCNtEB6rbyMICyARrigUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type number}}),
NumberToText = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "NumberToText", each Number.ToText(Number.From([Column1]), "00000000")),
TextPadStart = Table.AddColumn(NumberToText, "TextPadStart", each Text.PadStart(Text.From([Column1]), 8, "0"))
in
TextPadStart
Hi,
Text.End("00000000" & Text.From([Number]),8)
Text.Repeat("0", 8-Text.Length(Text.From([Number]))) & Text.From([Number])
Stéphane
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