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Wasfiathhar
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Number formatting with Specific Text Length

Im having set of data with differnt lenght (5/6/7/8/9/10 etc) i would like to bring on common lenght funtion everyting len = 11 charrector by using power Query.

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
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Insert a custom column named Update Code and put following formula

= Text.PadStart(Text.From([Code]),11,"0")

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Insert a custom column named Update Code and put following formula

= Text.PadStart(Text.From([Code]),11,"0")

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