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Damian89
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5 years ago
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Replace numeric values with NULL in power query

Hi all,   I'd like to ged rid of all numbers from cells in the table1 as shown below. For now i have something like this, but i think there is better way to do it 😁     #"Replaced V...
  • Jimmy801's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hello Damian89 

     

    the simplest way to remove numbers is to use Text.Remove and indicating 0 - 9 in the second parameter

    Text.Remove(text,{"0".."9"})

    Here a complete example where I included this function into a Table.TranformColumns. You can also create a new column.

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Pcy7CQAhEATQVpaNjY792IsYCLqBXiZcaTZgY6cGZjOPYULAOXrLVh2knm2OxkKQNr5LiTC6gMIkJPDsSU+WD+7ivedbipUPllxQPVFVmfn8Y4w/", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Table1 = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Table1", type text}}),
        GetRidOfNumber = Table.TransformColumns
        (
            #"Changed Type",
            {
                {
                    "Table1",
                    (text)=> Text.Remove(text,{"0".."9"})
                }
            }
        )
    in
        GetRidOfNumber

     

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

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    Kudoes are nice too

    Have fun

    Jimmy