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Mike_T
5 years agoNew Member
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...
- 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 Replace2Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.
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Jimmy - 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"
v-xuding-msft
5 years agoCommunity Support
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"