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rafterse
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Power query create a column syntax - help

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I'm getting this error, what am i missing. 
summary 

i want to create a colum that looks at 1 column for text.contains "XXXXX" and the start of another column doesn't start with text "YYYYY_______" then return a result 

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AlienSx
Super User
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Table.AddColumn(
    your_table, 
    "LHRR", 
    each 
        if Text.Contains([a], "xxxx") and 
        not Text.StartsWith([b], "yyyy") 
        then "LHRR" 
        else "notLHRR"
)

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rafterse
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ledgend. thanks so much 

Hi @rafterse  If @AlienSx 's solution helps, you can accept that reply as Solution. Thanks. 

AlienSx
Super User
Super User

Table.AddColumn(
    your_table, 
    "LHRR", 
    each 
        if Text.Contains([a], "xxxx") and 
        not Text.StartsWith([b], "yyyy") 
        then "LHRR" 
        else "notLHRR"
)

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