Forum Discussion
Split column by two criteria
- 2 years ago
v1
let Source = Web.Page(Web.Contents("https://www.investing.com/equities/germany")), Data = Source{0}[Data], Transform = Table.TransformColumns(Data, List.Transform(Table.ColumnNames(Data), (colName)=> {colName, each Text.Combine(List.Transform(Text.Split(_, "#(lf)"), (x)=> Text.Trim(x, {" ", "#(lf)", "#(cr)"}) ), " "), type text})), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Transform, "Custom", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(Splitter.SplitTextByCharacterTransition((x)=> not List.Contains({"+", "-"}, x), (y)=> List.Contains({"+", "-", "#(lf)", "#(cr)"}, y))([Column2]), (x)=> Text.Trim(x, {" ", "#(lf)", "#(cr)"})), "|"), type text), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("|", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Price", "Change", "Change %"}), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Price", type number}, {"Change", type number}, {"Change %", Percentage.Type}}, "en-US") in #"Changed Type"v2
let Source = Web.Page(Web.Contents("https://www.investing.com/equities/germany")), Data = Source{0}[Data], Transform = Table.TransformColumns(Data, List.Transform(Table.ColumnNames(Data), (colName)=> {colName, each Text.Combine(List.Transform(Text.Split(_, "#(lf)"), (x)=> Text.Trim(x, {" ", "#(lf)", "#(cr)"}) ), " "), type text})), Ad_List = Table.AddColumn(Transform, "List", each Splitter.SplitTextByCharacterTransition((x)=> not List.Contains({"+", "-"}, x), (y)=> List.Contains({"+", "-"}, y))([Column2]), type list), Ad_Table = Table.AddColumn(Ad_List, "Table", each List.Accumulate( List.Zip({ {0..List.Count([List])-1}, {"Price", "Change", "Change %"} }), #table(type table[Column1=text], {{[Column1]}}), (s,c)=> Table.AddColumn(s, c{1}, (x)=> Number.From([List]{c{0}}, "en-US"), if c{1} = "Change %" then Percentage.Type else type number) ), type table), Combined = Table.Combine(Ad_Table[Table]) in Combined
"but the problem is that it's treating it as text" so you have successfully split the column already? It looks like you just need to change the data type of the column (which is straightforward right-click the column header->Change Type or use the Home tab : ->Data type:)
- melo42 years agoRegular Visitor
I've split the values outside of the query with combination of "LEFT" / "RIGHT" / "LEN" / "SEARCH" formulas.
I tried changing the data type in the query just like you said, but I get an error in the cells.
I also tried chaning the cell types to numbers and percentages where I have the formula, but still i always get #VALUE! errors.
- Payeras_BI2 years agoSolution Sage
Hi melo4 ,
Then this is an Excel problem, not a Power Query problem.Try wrapping your Excel formula used to split the values with NUMBERVALUE like this:
=NUMBERVALUE(yourExcelFormulaForTheSplit,".")