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Dicken
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4 months ago
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exact text string patter test

hi, i've been experimentin with regex patterns and wondered about replicating in power query,  so this does seem to work, but can anyone suggest simpler / better way, so here i want to test for a pa...
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    lbendlin
    4 months ago

    You would want to check that you string has exactly 7 characters. Then you would only need to test for Text.Middle.

     

    Word of advice: Power Query is case sensitive.

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lbendlin
Super User
4 months ago

You would want to check that you string has exactly 7 characters. Then you would only need to test for Text.Middle.

 

Word of advice: Power Query is case sensitive.

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    Dicken
    Post Prodigy
    4 months ago

    yes i realised my mistake after postng.