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combine text.contains and or in M

Hello, I want to do something like this:

#"Colonne conditionnelle ajoutée" = Table.AddColumn(#"Type modifié", "New colonn", each if Text.Contains([colonne1], "xxx") then "x" else if Text.Contains([colonne1], "xxxy") then "x" else if Text.Contains([colonne1], "xxxd") then "x" else if Text.Contains([colonne1], "xxxg") then "x" else null). This code work well. But I have a lot of modalities and I want to use other code like this

 

#"Colonne conditionnelle ajoutée" = Table.AddColumn(#"Type modifié", "New colonn", each if Text.Contains([colonne1], "xxxx" or "xxxd" or "xxxg" or "xxxy") then "x" else null). It not working well and I need help to find the right code. Thanks a lot for your help

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wdx223_Daniel
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#"Colonne conditionnelle ajoutée" = Table.AddColumn(#"Type modifié", "New colonn", each if List.Contains({"xxx","xxxy","xxxd","xxxg"},[colonne1],(x,y)=> Text.Contains(y,x)) then "x" else null)

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wdx223_Daniel
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#"Colonne conditionnelle ajoutée" = Table.AddColumn(#"Type modifié", "New colonn", each if List.Contains({"xxx","xxxy","xxxd","xxxg"},[colonne1],(x,y)=> Text.Contains(y,x)) then "x" else null)

Your code contains all the right elements, but this is exactly the one that works.

#"Colonne conditionnelle ajoutée" = Table.AddColumn(#"Type modifié", "New colonn", each if List.Contains({"xxx","xxxy","xxxd","xxxg"},[colonne1]) then "x" else null)

 

 

I know you used ,(x,y)=> Text.Contains(y,x)) for the explanations. Thank you so much

my code will give a "x" when [colonne1]="2123xxx212" or "zzzxxxydd", as long as it contains any string in the list.

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