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RPAI2812
Helper I
Helper I

Replace values based on function

Hi, I have a column from a table that the database is not following a standard as from picture below. I need to have the time information in hours as a number, but the person that fills the database sometime fills with strings such as "h" for hours and "min" for minutes. I would like to create a function in PQ that transforms these cases of texts to the correct number value. In other words, I would like to change "h" for a comma, erase the word num and the value of minutes I would have to divide by 60 to have its decimal values in hours.

 

I am not very much familiar with coding in PQ, so I kindly ask someone's help 🙂

 

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smpa01
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@RPAI2812  in PQ replace "h" with comma(,) and then split on first delimiter (,)


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smpa01
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@RPAI2812  in PQ replace "h" with comma(,) and then split on first delimiter (,)


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Proud to be a Super User
My Custom Visualization Projects
• Plotting Live Sound: Live Sound
• Beautiful News: Women in Parliament, Energy Mix, Shrinking Armies
• Visual Capitalist: Working Hrs
• Others: Easing Graph, Animated Calendar
MayViz Submissions
• Week 1: View
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RPAI2812
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Helper I

An additional relevant information is that I don't have access to edit the database

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