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Linnil
Helper III
Helper III

Separate Integer or Decimal from Text

Hi

 

I have values like this:

 

BL, JZ5, CC6.3

So Text combined with an integer or Text combined with a decimal value.

 

I would like the data to split into Col A and Col B

 

DataCol ACol B
BLBL 
JZ5JZ5
CC6.3CC6.3

 

Could anyone help with a power query solution to splilt the text from the number?
Just not having any luck with my power query trials.

 

Thanks

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Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

Following will be a simple solution based on test cases presented by you.

For selecting Text
= Text.Select([Data], {"A".."Z","a".."z"})

For selecting Number
= Text.Select([Data], {"0".."9","."})

 

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slorin
Super User
Super User

Or split by character transition

= Table.SplitColumn(
Source,
"Data",
Splitter.SplitTextByCharacterTransition((c) => not List.Contains({"0".."9"}&{"."}, c), {"0".."9"}),
{"Col A", "Col B"})

Stéphane

Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

Following will be a simple solution based on test cases presented by you.

For selecting Text
= Text.Select([Data], {"A".."Z","a".."z"})

For selecting Number
= Text.Select([Data], {"0".."9","."})

 

jmpmolegraaf
Frequent Visitor

if the first two characters are always letters followed by a number or not, then you can split the columns after the second character. "Add Column", "Extract", "Length" for example?

Sorry - I should have mentioned that the text might be 2-3-4 characters, so none of those solutions work.

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