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seemak
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count the number of categories (a single row has multiple categories) in a column

Hi 

Could anyone tell me how to create a column with the count of categories in the highlighted column

100033Liquid Lounge1INR74.8466612.87074           Finger Food, Continental, North Indian
100044Village Restaurant1INR74.8594612.89898           Chinese, Continental, North Indian, Mughlai
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BA_Pete
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Hi @seemak ,

 

You can try a custom column with the following code:

 

List.Count(Text.Split([categoryColumn], ","))

 

Pete



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seemak
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Thank you so much Pete, it worked , but we need to remove the +1

I created the custom column      List.Count(Text.Split([Cuisines],",")) and it worked perfectly

seemak_0-1642061394137.png

 

Ah, yes.

I got confused with something else I was doing counting delimiters.

I'll amend my original answer so it's correct for future viewers.

 

Pete



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BA_Pete
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Super User

Hi @seemak ,

 

You can try a custom column with the following code:

 

List.Count(Text.Split([categoryColumn], ","))

 

Pete



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