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Table.SplitColumn |
Table.SplitColumn(table as table, sourceColumn as text, splitter as function, optional columnNamesOrNumber as any, optional default as any, optional extraColumns as any) as table
Splits the specified columns into a set of additional columns using the specified splitter function.
Split the [Name] column at position of "i" into two columns
Usage
let
Customers = Table.FromRecords({
[CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Phone = "123-4567"],
[CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Phone = "987-6543"],
[CustomerID = 3, Name = "Paul", Phone = "543-7890"],
[CustomerID = 4, Name = "Cristina", Phone = "232-1550"]
})
in
Table.SplitColumn(Customers, "Name", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("i"), 2)
Output
Table.FromRecords({
[CustomerID = 1, Name.1 = "Bob", Name.2 = null, Phone = "123-4567"],
[CustomerID = 2, Name.1 = "J", Name.2 = "m", Phone = "987-6543"],
[CustomerID = 3, Name.1 = "Paul", Name.2 = null, Phone = "543-7890"],
[CustomerID = 4, Name.1 = "Cr", Name.2 = "st", Phone = "232-1550"]
})