Power Query Issue - Add Column only showing null values

[dbrandone]

Hi everyone,

I have a table that I am trying to add a column in power query. I have a similar table that the code (similar code) worked just fine, but for some reason this column is only showing null values which is from the "else" statement. I made sure that all of my data types were correct and that the values in the if or else if statements match (they are only one letter). Thinking that maybe another set of eyes would help. I am trying to make all ages whether they were inputted at the datasource (measured) as Y(Year), M(Month), W(Week), or D(Days), to be relative to one another. This has me stumped. Below is the power query formula I wrote and a picture of the columns that I am referencing. 

Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type2", "Age(Yrs)", each if [Age Measurement] = "Y" then [#"Age (Don't Use)"] else if [Age Measurement] = "M" then [#"Age (Don't Use)"]/12 else if [Age Measurement] = "W" then [#"Age (Don't Use)"]/52 else if [Age Measurement] = "D" then [#"Age (Don't Use)"]/365 else 0)

The Age(Yrs) column that I am trying to create should pull over the value from the "Age (Don't Use)" column if the Age Measurement is Y, Divide the Age(Don't Use) column by 12 if the Age Measurement is M, and so on for W(Weeks) and D(Days).

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@dbrandone Maybe try trimming and cleaning your Age Measurement column?

[dbrandone]

@Greg_Deckler 

Thanks, trimming worked. I tried cleaning first, and it did not but trimming did. Can you explain what that did? None of the values seem to have changed? Is this a background data change?

[Greg_Deckler]

@dbrandone Trimming gets rid of white space or essentially blanks/non-printing characters.