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dhruvgulati
Helper I
Helper I

remove duplicates words in a row from a column of a string text

input

hello [hello] demo

hi how/how are you

i love you-you

hi how are are you

 

output

hello demo

hi how are you

i love you

hi how are you

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wdx223_Daniel
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v-yalanwu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @dhruvgulati ;

You could create a funtion.

 

= Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each 
Text.Combine(List.Distinct(Text.SplitAny([name], " -/[]"))," "))

 

The full M language.

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WykjNyclXiAZTsQopqbn5SrE6QOFMhYz8cn0gVkgsSlWozC8FC2cq5OSXgbm6MCGISrAquMpYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [name = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"name", type text}}),
    Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each 
Text.Combine(List.Distinct(Text.SplitAny([name], " -/[]"))," "))
in
    Custom1

 

The final show:

vyalanwumsft_0-1661155776109.png


Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
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wdx223_Daniel
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wdx223_Daniel_0-1660809932391.png

 

AnkitKukreja
Super User
Super User

Hi! @dhruvgulati 

 

For this, you might have to share sample rows. For this, you need to split the columns and then merge to as per your requirement.

 

If my response has addressed your question or concern, kindly mark this post as resolved. If you found my assistance helpful, consider giving it a thumbs.
Thanks,
Ankit Kukreja
www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-kukreja1904

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