Table.SplitColumn
Syntax
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
About
Splits the specified columns into a set of additional columns using the specified splitter function.
Example 1
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"]
})