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Conditional column for alphabet and number

How to create a conditional column in Power query, that show "Text" if the column has alphnumeric while "Number" if the the column has value only? Thank you

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Then use the formula posted earlier

= try if Value.Is(Number.FromText([Data]), type number) then "Number" else "Text" otherwise "Text"

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
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To give you a solution, can you please post some sample data and the results expected? If my understanding is correct, then this formula will work (replace data with your actula column)

 

= try if Value.Is(Number.FromText([Data]), type number) then "Number" else "Text" otherwise "Text"

 

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The expected output would be like this

Then use the formula posted earlier

= try if Value.Is(Number.FromText([Data]), type number) then "Number" else "Text" otherwise "Text"

 

Can you create a calculated column instead of doing it in power query?  My data source is in direct query mode and I can't create a custom column.  I want to do this same exact thing though.  

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