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Text.From

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Syntax

Text.From(value as any, optional culture as nullable text) as nullable text

About

Returns the text representation of a specified value.

  • value: The value to convert to text. The value can be a number, date, time, datetime, datetimezone, logical, duration, or binary value. If the given value is null, this function returns null.
  • culture: (Optional) The culture to use when converting the value to text (for example, "en-US").

Example 1

Create a text value from the number 3.

Usage

Text.From(3)

Output

"3"

Example 2

Get the text equivalent of the specified date and time.

Usage

Text.From(#datetime(2024, 6, 24, 14, 32, 22))

Output

"6/24/2024 2:32:22 PM"

Example 3

Get the German text equivalent of the specified date and time.

Usage

Text.From(#datetime(2024, 6, 24, 14, 32, 22), "de-DE")

Output

"24.06.2024 14:32:22"

Example 4

Get a binary value from text encoded as hexadecimal and change the value back to text.

Usage

Text.From(Binary.FromText("10FF", BinaryEncoding.Hex))

Output

"EP8="

Example 5

Get the rows in the table that contain data for France and convert the dates to text using the French culture.

Usage

let
    Source = #table(type table [Company ID = text, Country = text, Date = date],
    {
        {"JS-464", "USA", #date(2024, 3, 24)},
        {"LT-331", "France", #date(2024, 10, 5)},
        {"XE-100", "USA", #date(2024, 5, 21)},
        {"RT-430", "Germany", #date(2024, 1,18)},
        {"LS-005", "France", #date(2023, 12, 31)},
        {"UW-220", "Germany", #date(2024, 2, 25)}
    }),
    #"Convert Dates" = Table.TransformColumns(
        Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Country] = "France"),
        {"Date", each Text.From(_, "fr-FR")}
    )
in
    #"Convert Dates"

Output

#table(type table [Company ID = text, Country = text, Date = text],
{
    {"LT-331", "France", "05/10/2024"},
    {"LS-005", "France", "31/12/2023"}
})

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