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Mike_T
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5 years ago
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Problem splitting column with delimiter

Hi,   I have split the column "Fldvalue" based on the delimiter " | ". See table: The third and fourth column of the sample have been split.    ID Fldname Fldvalue.1 Fldvalue.2 1267 A_e...
  • Jimmy801's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hello Mike_T 

     

    or you change your dataset and place there the limiter two times or you apply two time Table.ReplaceValue. Here an example

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("nZI/D4IwEMW/CunMIirgyJ/JhEiCGyGk1ougbSFtGUj88BZE0gUS3Hov97u+d7k8RzvH9ZCNghJYS5seQBdXwKy8tKpu+DvDFKTWUlAgUGHPRFgyzPFDizbKlKj544dEDWMgyDAp+bZYcXen0Jt4VMru9gSi9DsGSUQ9wlaga2ts9NzjYc1Z2glSYTnI56biI7M/+KdtaSZiOU2CxQuUFow4SU0qoGAOWMoTznmc/fqmjTz6n3tvQv/bmwYs2Ytme66/c7aue2I2nUJI8QtMesla/LVWfAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Fldname = _t, Fldvalue.1 = _t, Fldvalue.2 = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Fldname", type text}, {"Fldvalue.1", type text}, {"Fldvalue.2", type text}}),
    
        Replace = Table.ReplaceValue
        (
            #"Changed Type",
            each [#"Fldvalue.2"], 
            (row)=> if row[Fldname]="C_subject" then row[#"Fldvalue.1"] else row[#"Fldvalue.2"] ,
            Replacer.ReplaceValue,
            { "Fldvalue.2"}
        ),
        Replace2 = Table.ReplaceValue
        (
            Replace,
            each [#"Fldvalue.1"], 
            (row)=> if row[Fldname]="C_subject" then "" else row[#"Fldvalue.1"] ,
            Replacer.ReplaceValue,
            { "Fldvalue.1"}
        )
    in
        Replace2

     

    Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

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    Have fun

    Jimmy

     

     

  • v-xuding-msft's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hi Mike_T ,

     

    = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each if [Fldvalue.2] = "" then [Fldvalue.1] else [Fldvalue.2])
    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("nZI/C4MwEMW/imR2qVq1o3+mglSwm4ik6aGpiZYYB6EfvtFqyWLBbrnH/S7vHZfn6GC5HjJRUAJ/sm4EUMUVMC8vT0m79pVhBr3SUpAgUGF+ibDkuMWVEk2USUHbakWijnMQZJqUfFqMeLgzGHU8Kvvh9gAi1TuGngg6w0ag6rnPc4/OL2PpIEiN+0k+d3U7M7bjn/aFWYjtMAkWDUglaGkSSmpgoA/YihOucSz79561OOqb+6hD/7tbBmy5i1Z3rn+w9i57YXbdQchwAzq95SyenRVv", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Fldname = _t, Fldvalue.1 = _t, Fldvalue.2 = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Fldname", type text}, {"Fldvalue.1", type text}, {"Fldvalue.2", type text}}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each if [Fldvalue.2] = "" then [Fldvalue.1] else [Fldvalue.2]),
        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Fldvalue.2"})
    in
        #"Removed Columns"