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I have 2 Tables
TabSub
| sub |
| iron |
| thanos |
| spider |
TabFull
| full |
| ironman |
| superman |
| spiderman |
I want to lookup in full-string based on sub-string and get value in fron of sub-string in TabSub table
TabSub
| sub | full |
| iron | ironman |
| thanos | |
| spider | spiderman |
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Hi @ddpl Please use below highlighted steps in TabSub table power query to findout full string based on sub string.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WyizKz1OK1YlWKslIzMsvBjOLCzJTUouUYmMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [sub = _t]),
TypeChanged = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"sub", type text}}),
fullname = Table.AddColumn(
TypeChanged,
"FullName",
each
(
try
let
sub = [sub],
filterrows = Table.SelectRows(TabFull, each Text.Contains([full], sub))
in
filterrows{0}[full]
otherwise null
),
type text
)
in
fullname
Hope this helps!!
If this solved your problem, please mark it as a solution!!
Thanks for you reply, @shafiz_p .
Hi @ddpl , here's my solution you could try.
1.Add a custom column with table TabFull.
2.Expand it.
3.Add a custom column to compare them.
4.After filtering out false and below is the result.
If you wan to keep 'thanos', you can duplicate a table and merge them.
In the duplicated table, go to applied steps, remove the steps to the original.
Merge query and expand it:
Such a step-by-step operation, I hope it is convenient for you to understand.
Best Regards,
Stephen Tao
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Hi @ddpl Please use below highlighted steps in TabSub table power query to findout full string based on sub string.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WyizKz1OK1YlWKslIzMsvBjOLCzJTUouUYmMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [sub = _t]),
TypeChanged = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"sub", type text}}),
fullname = Table.AddColumn(
TypeChanged,
"FullName",
each
(
try
let
sub = [sub],
filterrows = Table.SelectRows(TabFull, each Text.Contains([full], sub))
in
filterrows{0}[full]
otherwise null
),
type text
)
in
fullname
Hope this helps!!
If this solved your problem, please mark it as a solution!!
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