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prontonz
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Power Query - get value of a column where the column is an occurrence in a list of column names

Situation is I have defines a list of columns names (LISTCOLUMNS), e.g. Name0, Name1, Name2, Name3, Name4.
For any given row, I know which column name I need and have established the index 1 through 4.
For example,
Row 1 has Index 3 and therefore needs to get the value of Name3,
Row 2 has index 1 and therefore needs to get the value of Name 1.

This formula
= Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "Custom1", each [ListColumns]{0}) will retrieve the column text "Name0" but not the value for the value of Name0 in that row.

How can I achieve this?

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Use this

= Record.Field(_,[ListColumns]{0})

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Use this

= Record.Field(_,[ListColumns]{0})

 

Perfect - thank you Vijay!.  

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