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Seijuro
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Hi everyone,

 

I added a new column called "Lote/Descripción" and works fine.

 

Seijuro_0-1711557604182.png

 

But, when I try to "fill down" that column, nothing happens

Seijuro_1-1711557860087.png

 

So, I copied that column in excel to find out what's going on. As you noticed, excel tells me there is something in the cells that are supposed to be empty and the function "len" does not recognize any character.

 

Seijuro_2-1711558241240.png

I understand why "fill down" does not work at this point. But I do not understand why language M does not respect my formula

 

if Text.Start([#"DESCRIPCION/#(lf)DESCRIPTION"],3)="LYP"
then
[#"DESCRIPCION/#(lf)DESCRIPTION"]
else ""

 

I hope someone can help me with this issue.

 

Regards!

 

 

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dufoq3
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if Text.Start([#"DESCRIPCION/#(lf)DESCRIPTION"],3)="LYP" then [#"DESCRIPCION/#(lf)DESCRIPTION"] else null

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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dufoq3
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if Text.Start([#"DESCRIPCION/#(lf)DESCRIPTION"],3)="LYP" then [#"DESCRIPCION/#(lf)DESCRIPTION"] else null

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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