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Hamidrezaei
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6 years ago
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Hi Guys,    Is there any way to change colums with space to null? some cells contains only one or multiple spaces inside.  The function Trim seems to remove only beggining and the end of a cell wi...
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  • v-alq-msft's avatar
    v-alq-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi, Hamidrezaei 

     

    Based on your descirption, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.

    Test(row 4 and row 6 both have spaces):

     

    You may add steps in Power Query as below.

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlRwVHBWitWJVjJScFFwA7OMFVwV3MEsBTBpquCh4AnhAwViAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}}),
    Custom1 = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type"," ","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Column1"}),
    Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(Custom1,"Custom2",each if Text.Length([Column1])=0 then null else [Column1]),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom2,{"Column1"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

     

    Result:

     

    Best Regards

    Allan

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

     

     

v-alq-msft's avatar
v-alq-msft
Community Support
6 years ago

Hi, Hamidrezaei 

 

Based on your descirption, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.

Test(row 4 and row 6 both have spaces):

 

You may add steps in Power Query as below.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlRwVHBWitWJVjJScFFwA7OMFVwV3MEsBTBpquCh4AnhAwViAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}}),
    Custom1 = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type"," ","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Column1"}),
    Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(Custom1,"Custom2",each if Text.Length([Column1])=0 then null else [Column1]),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom2,{"Column1"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

 

Result:

 

Best Regards

Allan

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

 

  • Hamidrezaei's avatar
    Hamidrezaei
    Frequent Visitor
    6 years ago

    Thankn you this is very helpfull. 

    Is there anyway to touch only cells with spaces only (Row 4 and 6) ?

     

    Thank you 

    Hamid

    • v-alq-msft's avatar
      v-alq-msft
      Community Support
      6 years ago

      Hi, Hamidrezaei 

       

      You may try the following codes in 'Advanced Editor'. The pbix file is attached in the end.

       

      let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlRwVHBWitWJVjJScFFwA7OMFVwV3MEsBTBpquCh4AnhAwViAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}}),
    Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type","New Column",each if Text.Length(Text.Replace([Column1]," ",""))=0 then null else [Column1]),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom1,{"Column1"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

       

      Result:

       

      Best Regards

      Allan

       

      If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

      • Hamidrezaei's avatar
        Hamidrezaei
        Frequent Visitor
        6 years ago

        Thank you so much v-alq-msft , its great!