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My query connected to a .txt file, which has the following line:
elections_to_vest_changes = {'119WEST BUFFALO': '119000210WEST BUFFALO', '119UNION': '119000200UNION', '119NEW BERLIN': '119000190NEW BERLIN'}
The single quotation marks enclose text. The colon is a delimiter for a column. The comma is a delimiter for a row.
(I've shortened this line for readability.) How can I split this line by delimiter into rows? Thanks.
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Hi,
if something like this is what you need
you have first to split by delimiter in rows
then split by delimiter in columns
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Save your text in a json file, transforming '(single quote) into "(double quote) and use the following script to transform it into a table with two columns and many rows
let
Source = Json.Document(File.Contents("C:\Users\sprmn\OneDrive\Documents\Power BI Desktop\test.json")),
tfc=Table.FromColumns({Record.FieldNames(Source{0}),Record.FieldValues(Source{0})})
in
tfc
Hi,
if something like this is what you need
you have first to split by delimiter in rows
then split by delimiter in columns
If this post is useful to help you to solve your issue consider giving the post a thumbs up
and accepting it as a solution !
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