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Hi Guys,
Is there any way to change colums with space to null? some cells contains only one or multiple spaces inside.
The function Trim seems to remove only beggining and the end of a cell with spaces, it dosen't remove spaces if a cell only contains space in it.
I appreciate your help
Hamid
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Hi, @Hamidrezaei
Based on your descirption, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.
Test(row 4 and row 6 both have spaces):
You may add steps in Power Query as below.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlRwVHBWitWJVjJScFFwA7OMFVwV3MEsBTBpquCh4AnhAwViAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}}),
Custom1 = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type"," ","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Column1"}),
Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(Custom1,"Custom2",each if Text.Length([Column1])=0 then null else [Column1]),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom2,{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
Result:
Best Regards
Allan
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi, @Hamidrezaei
Based on your descirption, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.
Test(row 4 and row 6 both have spaces):
You may add steps in Power Query as below.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlRwVHBWitWJVjJScFFwA7OMFVwV3MEsBTBpquCh4AnhAwViAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}}),
Custom1 = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type"," ","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Column1"}),
Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(Custom1,"Custom2",each if Text.Length([Column1])=0 then null else [Column1]),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom2,{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
Result:
Best Regards
Allan
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thankn you this is very helpfull.
Is there anyway to touch only cells with spaces only (Row 4 and 6) ?
Thank you
Hamid
Hi, @Hamidrezaei
You may try the following codes in 'Advanced Editor'. The pbix file is attached in the end.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlRwVHBWitWJVjJScFFwA7OMFVwV3MEsBTBpquCh4AnhAwViAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}}),
Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type","New Column",each if Text.Length(Text.Replace([Column1]," ",""))=0 then null else [Column1]),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom1,{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
Result:
Best Regards
Allan
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
In the query editor, choose Replace Values and then in the popup, type nothing (i.e., type no characters) into the first box and null into the second.
If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.
Regards,
Pat
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