Forum Discussion

laganlee's avatar
laganlee
Icon for Helper II rankHelper II
4 years ago
Solved

Remove text between two words in a csv file

Hi all   In Power Query, I want to delete all the text between the words 'Options' and 'Total' in a csv file. It looks like this: ( I want to get rid of the red characters) --------------------...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    HI laganlee  - You should be able to use the Text.BetweenDelimiters - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs function to find the text string that needs to be removed in the following step.  The start delimiter will be "Options" and end delimiter will be "Total".

     

    See the following:

    let
        Source = "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)Started : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)Source : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)Dest : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)Files : *.*#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)Options : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)------------------------------------------------------------------------------#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)------------------------------------------------------------------------------#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras#(cr)#(lf)Dirs : 1 0 2 0 0 0#(cr)#(lf)#(cr)#(lf)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        #"Text to Remove" = Text.BetweenDelimiters( Source , "Options" , "Total" ),
        #"Remove Text" = Text.Replace( #"Source" , #"Text to Remove" , " ")
    in
        #"Remove Text"