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ovetteabejuela
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Power Query | Insert a character to a string

Is there a way to insert a character into a string, for example I'm working with a time which is in HHMM format

so I want 0730 to become 07:30 or 0915 to become 09:15.

 

The solution I have right now is to split the text into 2 and then merge with the colon in between.

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v-yulgu-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @ovetteabejuela,

 

Add a custom column via Text.Insert function.

= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom2", each Text.Insert(Text.From([Column1]),2,":"))

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Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @ovetteabejuela,

 

Add a custom column via Text.Insert function.

= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom2", each Text.Insert(Text.From([Column1]),2,":"))

2.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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