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Sort text in a single cell
Hi everyone,
I am would like to sort out text in a single cell and to do so I found in this forum a script in M which would fit perfectly with my need (link). However, while the majority of cells would have comma separated values, there are some with a single value. Cells with single values generates an error that I could circumvent with an if, but I am struggling to achieve it
let
Split = Text.Split([NAME_ASSIGNED], ","),
Trim = List.Transform(Split, each Text.Trim(_)),
Sort = List.Sort(Trim),
Combine = Text.Combine(Sort,",")
in
if List.Count([NAME_ASSIGNED],",") > 1 then Combine
else [NAME_ASSIGNED]
There shouldn't be an error, but try this code anyway
=[ f = (x) => Text.Combine(List.Sort(List.Transform(Text.Split(x, ","), Text.Trim)), ","), Split = try f([NAME_ASSIGNED]) otherwise [NAME_ASSIGNED] ][Split]
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There should not be an error, and there is no need to treat a single item list differently.
let Source = Table.FromRows( Json.Document( Binary.Decompress( Binary.FromText("i45W8s9L1VEIKc/XUVBQcMssS1WK1YlWCskoSgWyYgE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate ) ), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [NAME_ASSIGNED = _t] ), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn( Source, "Custom", each let Split = Text.Split([NAME_ASSIGNED], ","), Trim = List.Transform(Split, each Text.Trim(_)), Sort = List.Sort(Trim), Combine = Text.Combine(Sort, ",") in Combine ) in #"Added Custom"What's the error message?
There shouldn't be an error, but try this code anyway
=[ f = (x) => Text.Combine(List.Sort(List.Transform(Text.Split(x, ","), Text.Trim)), ","), Split = try f([NAME_ASSIGNED]) otherwise [NAME_ASSIGNED] ][Split]Rewrite the first step by the below formula
Split = if Text.Contains([NAME_ASSIGNED],",") then Text.Split([NAME_ASSIGNED], ",") else {[NAME_ASSIGNED]},If your NAME_ASSIGNED column contains various text strings, I'm surprised your code works at all. Your last line reads:
if List.Count([NAME_ASSIGNED],",") > 1 then Combine else [NAME_ASSIGNED]which should always result in an error if NAME_ASSIGNED contains text strings.
What is actually in that column, and what is your error message.
