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Anonymous
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Token identifier expected before if condition

(APIInsightsID as text)=>
(Counter as number)=>
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table23"]}[Content],
ID = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{"App Insight ID ", type text}),
APIInsightsID = "",
Counter = 1,
if Counter > ID.RowCount
then APIInsightsID,
else
if ID."App Insight ID " != APIInsightsID
then
Counter+=1,
APIInsightsID = ID."App Insight ID ",
@CheckAPI
in
ID

 

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Hello everyone I'm new in writing power queries, and I don't know why I get this error before if condition, do anyone know why? Kind regards Branislav

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Anonymous
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I want to iterate through a column, because while simply don't work, while is unrecognizable command.

v-kkf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You need to assign the IF statement to a variable. And in your code, the red circles are not recognized by PowerQuery. 

 

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Since I'm not sure of the exact output you want to achieve, I've only created a code that can be executed.

 

(APIInsightsID as text)=>
(Counter as number)=>
let
Source = Table,
ID = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{"App Insight ID ", type text}),
APIInsightsID = "",
Counter = 1,
condition = if Counter > ID[Index]{0} then APIInsightsID 
            else if ID[App Insight ID] <> APIInsightsID then Counter+1
                else APIInsightsID = ID[App Insight ID]

in
condition

 

Best Regards,
Winniz

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