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Split multiple row to multiple row by line break based on character conditions
- 5 years ago
Here you go.
let Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\Ed Hansberry\OneDrive\Downloads\split_test.xlsx"), null, true), test_Sheet = Source{[Item="test",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(test_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Promoted Headers", each ([checklist] <> null)), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Filtered Rows", {"num", "checklist"}, {{"All Rows", each _, type table [num=number, checklist=text, sop=text, expected=text]}}), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(#"Grouped Rows", {{"checklist", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("#(lf)", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "checklist"), #"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"Split Column by Delimiter", each ([checklist] <> "")), #"Added First Column" = Table.AddColumn( #"Filtered Rows1", "First Column", each let varGroupText = Text.Start([checklist], 1) in Text.Combine( Table.SelectRows( Table.FromList( Text.Split([All Rows][sop]{0}, "#(lf)"), Splitter.SplitByNothing() ), each Text.Start([Column1],1) = varGroupText )[Column1], "#(lf)" ) ), #"Added Second Column" = Table.AddColumn( #"Added First Column", "Second Column", each let varGroupText = Text.Start([checklist], 1) in Text.Combine( Table.SelectRows( Table.FromList( Text.Split([All Rows][expected]{0}, "#(lf)"), Splitter.SplitByNothing() ), each Text.Start([Column1],1) = varGroupText )[Column1], "#(lf)" ) ), #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Second Column",{"num", "checklist", "First Column", "Second Column"}) in #"Removed Other Columns"Again, change the source to your file. THe key was adding
Splitter.SplitByNothing()to the Table.FromList functions in each column.
Apparently the unusual ASCII characters was causing Power Query to split more than you wanted, so this forces no splitting within a Table.FromList. If ImkeF knows more I'd love her wisdom on this usage.
You need to be 100% sure nothing is being dropped. I cannot read that language so it isn't efficient for me to do character comparisons.
I would have to see the data. There is nothing in my code that is expecting a specific number of columns. Change the "Second Column" code in the advanced editor this and show me what is in one of the lists that is currently returning an error. Row 10 for example, and we can work from there.
#"Added Second Column" =
Table.AddColumn(
#"Added First Column",
"Second Column",
each
let
varGroupText = Text.Start([checklist], 1)
in
Table.SelectRows(
Table.FromList(
Text.Split([All Rows][expected]{0}, "#(lf)")
),
each Text.Start([Column1],1) = varGroupText
)[Column1]
),
It still return error value in List
And here is the data in that cell for your information :
- edhans5 years agoCommunity Champion
Here you go.
let Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\Ed Hansberry\OneDrive\Downloads\split_test.xlsx"), null, true), test_Sheet = Source{[Item="test",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(test_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Promoted Headers", each ([checklist] <> null)), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Filtered Rows", {"num", "checklist"}, {{"All Rows", each _, type table [num=number, checklist=text, sop=text, expected=text]}}), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(#"Grouped Rows", {{"checklist", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("#(lf)", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "checklist"), #"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"Split Column by Delimiter", each ([checklist] <> "")), #"Added First Column" = Table.AddColumn( #"Filtered Rows1", "First Column", each let varGroupText = Text.Start([checklist], 1) in Text.Combine( Table.SelectRows( Table.FromList( Text.Split([All Rows][sop]{0}, "#(lf)"), Splitter.SplitByNothing() ), each Text.Start([Column1],1) = varGroupText )[Column1], "#(lf)" ) ), #"Added Second Column" = Table.AddColumn( #"Added First Column", "Second Column", each let varGroupText = Text.Start([checklist], 1) in Text.Combine( Table.SelectRows( Table.FromList( Text.Split([All Rows][expected]{0}, "#(lf)"), Splitter.SplitByNothing() ), each Text.Start([Column1],1) = varGroupText )[Column1], "#(lf)" ) ), #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Second Column",{"num", "checklist", "First Column", "Second Column"}) in #"Removed Other Columns"Again, change the source to your file. THe key was adding
Splitter.SplitByNothing()to the Table.FromList functions in each column.
Apparently the unusual ASCII characters was causing Power Query to split more than you wanted, so this forces no splitting within a Table.FromList. If ImkeF knows more I'd love her wisdom on this usage.
You need to be 100% sure nothing is being dropped. I cannot read that language so it isn't efficient for me to do character comparisons.
- piorsenpai5 years agoFrequent Visitor
Thank you so much! I can see It worked perfectly now. Very appriciate that!
- edhans5 years agoCommunity Champion
Glad it helped piorsenpai - I learned something myself today. 😁