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Ennygreat
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2 years ago
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Please I need help

    I'm trying to work on a column using power query and I encountered an inconsistent data entry. The region doesn't align and was repeated with different space method. Kindly see ...
  • GauravAher's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi,

     

    To remove leading and trailing spaces from your data, use the Trim function. First, go to the Transform Data page, select the Region column, right-click, choose Transform, and select Trim.

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    https://youtu.be/2H-DASuXF6A 

    Thank You

     

     

     

  • dufoq3's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi Ennygreat, if you also have spaces between words - you can do this:

     

    Result

     

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WUlBwLC0uKUrMyUxUitWJVgrNyyxJTVHwzsxLT8nPBQspKPilliuAQFRqYk5iXgpUVCE4tSgJpC0WAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
        Ad_RemovedSpaces = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Removed Spaces", each Text.Combine(List.RemoveMatchingItems(Text.Split([Column1], " "), {""}), " "), type text)
    in
        Ad_RemovedSpaces