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Table.SplitColumn

Splits the specified columns into a set of additional columns using the specified splitter function.

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

Remarks​

Splits the specified columns into a set of additional columns using the specified splitter function.

Examples​

Example #1​

Split the [Name] column at position of "i" into two columns

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)

Result:

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"]
})

Category​

Table.Transformation