Trying to find the best way to change column text when it starts with a phone number

[noizivision]

I have a column that is a bunch of mismatch information, and is delimited by " - ".  Luckily, some of it is fairly consistent, like I know some have a phone number at the start that I would like to remove (some with dashes and some without), so for those, I would like to delete using the delimiter, but others I need to keep the information before the delimiter.

For the ones without dashes, I was thinking I could do something like this:

#"Remove Starting Phone Number" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Sorted Rows", each If Value.Is(Text.BeforeDelimiter([Assignee], " - "), Int64.Type) then Text.BeforeDelimiter([Assignee], " - ") else [Assignee], Text.AfterDelimiter([Assignee], " - "), Replacer.ReplaceText, {"Assignee"})

but I'm getting a Token comma expected error. I’ve also tried Text.StartsWith, but no go.  I think my logic is a little flawed…I’ve got a bit of a brain fog going on, so any help to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.

[noizivision · Accepted solution]

Well, that's embarrassing...it turns out that error, and the reason the Text.StartsWith didn't work was due to If instead of if...case sensitivity. So, this now works:

#"Remove 555" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Sorted Rows", each if Text.Start([Assignee], 3) = "555" then Text.Start([Assignee], 13) else "___", "", Replacer.ReplaceText, {"Assignee"})

Not the best way to do it, but at least it works for my current needs.  I'll probably change it to remove up to the delimiter for those records, and make my "else" to be more definitive, to be cleaner.

[lbendlin]

don't worry, I didn't catch that either...

[noizivision]

Sure, here's the sample data (assume over a hundred cases of each, with different names and numbers, except 555):

Assignee	Contact
MOB002079 - McGartidy, Friankie	McGartidy, Frankie
555-325-1369 - DiRiendzi4	DiRiendzi, Michael
Williards, Jeff - MOB004444	Williards, Jeff
5553241345 - OMH45	Samson, Rudolf
555-325-8466	Jacobson, Pat
On Call Crew Leader - Brins, Chris	Brins, Chris
OMH 4 - Eckels, Verina	Eckels, Verina
Jacobs, John	Fuller, Mark

I hope to be able to ultimately get to this output:

Assignee	Contact
McGartidy, Frankie	McGartidy, Frankie
DiRiendzi4 - DiRiendzi, Michael	DiRiendzi, Michael
Williards, Jeff	Williards, Jeff
OMH45 - Samson, Rudolf	Samson, Rudolf
Jacobson, Pat	Jacobson, Pat
On Call Crew Leader - Brins, Chris	Brins, Chris
OMH 4 - Eckels, Verina	Eckels, Verina
Jacobs, John	Fuller, Mark

Thank you so much!

[lbendlin]

Any chance you could post some sample data and expected results?