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CliffordAP
Helper II
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PowerQuery - Remove rows that have matching values between 2 columns

Hey guys,

I have a small ask about removing rows. I simply want to remove the rows that match.
I tried M queries like:

= Table.RemoveMatchingRows(#"CostomStep",[Column1=Column2])

But I'm not sure I'm filling in the arguments correctly, and the documentation is pretty bad for beginners to figure out.

 

Column1Column2
AB
CD
EE
FG
HH

 

Just need to remove the rows that have matching values between these columns.

Thank you!

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Simply do the reverse i.e. SelectRows rather than Removing Rows which is easier to write

= Table.SelectRows(#"CostomStep", each [Column1]<>[Column2])

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Simply do the reverse i.e. SelectRows rather than Removing Rows which is easier to write

= Table.SelectRows(#"CostomStep", each [Column1]<>[Column2])

 

That's what I'm talkin about! Thank you!

watkinnc
Super User
Super User

I would make a custom column with

 

each if[Column1] = [Column2] then "True" else "False")

 

Then filter out the "True" values in the custom column.

 

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