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4 years ago
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power query split column by variable positions

Hi Community I need to split Column1 based on variable postions from Custom.1  column. Same postion values stored as a list in Custom.3 column  I have tried using the list as an argument in  Splitt...
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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    4 years ago

    Use below formula in a custom column

    = Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(List.Transform(Text.Split([Custom.1],";"),each Number.From(_)))([Column1])

    See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test  

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclRwUnBW0lEysDayNlGK1YlWMlEwVTBDEUGosbA2NAMLGSoYKRijCiFUGVtbQBQBVQGVGaMIOjo51xgaGZuYQkWBVsQCAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Custom.1 = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(List.Transform(Text.Split([Custom.1],";"),each Number.From(_)))([Column1]))
in
    #"Added Custom"

     

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Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
4 years ago

Use below formula in a custom column

= Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(List.Transform(Text.Split([Custom.1],";"),each Number.From(_)))([Column1])

See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test  

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclRwUnBW0lEysDayNlGK1YlWMlEwVTBDEUGosbA2NAMLGSoYKRijCiFUGVtbQBQBVQGVGaMIOjo51xgaGZuYQkWBVsQCAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Custom.1 = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(List.Transform(Text.Split([Custom.1],";"),each Number.From(_)))([Column1]))
in
    #"Added Custom"

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    4 years ago

    Thanks, it worked on my data but not from your Source, may be because it removed some blanks

    However, I modified it to CSV rather than JSON as below 

    Thanks again

     

     

     

     

    let
    Source = Csv.Document(
"Column1,Custom.1
A B C,0;2;4
4 5 6,0;2;4
A       B       C,0;8;16
1       2       3,0;8;16
A  B    C,0;3;8
11 22   33,0;3;8",2,","),
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Source, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),

    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Promoted Headers", "Custom", each Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(List.Transform(Text.Split([Custom.1],";"),each Number.From(_)))([Column1])),
    #"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom", {"Custom", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ":"), type text})
in
    #"Extracted Values"