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Hi,
I'm trying to split a column that contains text and number components into two seperate columns, one containing the text characters and another containing the numbers.
i.e. I want to go from the single column:
AB143
A122
VHG309
X12
XX13
to two columns containing:
AB 143
A 122
VHG 309
X 12
XX 13
Is this possible within Power BI?
Thanks.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Instead I would propose Text.PositionOfAny as illustrated in this video.
Relevant parts of the code generated during video recording ("PreviousStep" is the name of your previous step):
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(PreviousStep, "Custom", each Text.PositionOfAny([Column1],{"0".."9"})), #"Inserted First Characters" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "First Characters", each Text.Start([Column1], [Custom]), type text), #"Inserted Text Range" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted First Characters", "Text Range", each Text.Middle([Column1], [Custom]), type text), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Inserted Text Range",{"Column1", "Custom"}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Text Range", "Number"}}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Number", Int64.Type}})
You could potentially use PostionOfAny function:
List.PositionOfAny("ABCBA", {"A","B"}, Occurrence.All) equals {0,1,3,4}
You would probably have to use an M custom function or another function to return the lowest value in the list and then feed that to a Split.
Instead I would propose Text.PositionOfAny as illustrated in this video.
Relevant parts of the code generated during video recording ("PreviousStep" is the name of your previous step):
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(PreviousStep, "Custom", each Text.PositionOfAny([Column1],{"0".."9"})), #"Inserted First Characters" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "First Characters", each Text.Start([Column1], [Custom]), type text), #"Inserted Text Range" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted First Characters", "Text Range", each Text.Middle([Column1], [Custom]), type text), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Inserted Text Range",{"Column1", "Custom"}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Text Range", "Number"}}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Number", Int64.Type}})
That works well (& video was very helpful).
Thanks.
If you could get your cell addresses as $A$1 rather that A1, you could simply split columns based on the delimiter $.
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