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PieroPinzone
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HOW TO EXTRACT UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM A COLUMN USING A CUSTOM COLUMN IN POWER QUERY EDITOR

Hi guys, as shown in the picture, I have a column containing regions, states etc all togheter and I'd like to extract regions (that are uppercase, like AFRICA) using a custom column in power query editor (second picture). Can anyone tell me wich is the right pattern? (like "A"..."Z" in the second picture)

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latimeria
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hi @PieroPinzone ,

 

Try this

= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each if [Country] = Text.Upper([Country]) then [Country] else "")

 

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latimeria
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hi @PieroPinzone ,

 

Try this

= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each if [Country] = Text.Upper([Country]) then [Country] else "")

 

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