Power Query - get signature of a function as text. Use Signature(Table.Buffer) equals "function (table as table) as table". This is an M script
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(placeholder as function)=> | |
let | |
//Serialize type to text | |
TypeAsText = (value as any) => | |
let | |
prefix = if Type.IsNullable(value) then "nullable " else "" | |
in | |
prefix&( | |
if Type.Is(value, type binary) then "binary" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type date) then "date" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type datetime) then "datetime" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type datetimezone) then "datetimezone" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type duration) then "duration" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type function) then "function" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type list) then "list" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type logical) then "logical" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type none) then "none" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type null) then "null" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type number) then "number" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type record) then "record" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type table) then "table" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type text) then "text" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type time) then "time" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type type) then "type" else | |
if Type.Is(value, type any) then "any" | |
else error "unknown"), | |
//if parameter is Optional set prefix | |
OptionalPrefix = (_)=>if Type.IsNullable(_) then "optional " else "", | |
//get list of function parameters | |
parameters = Type.FunctionParameters(Value.Type(placeholder)), | |
//create a text list of parameters and associate types "[optional] paramname as type" | |
parametersWithTypes = List.Accumulate(Record.FieldNames(parameters),{}, | |
(state,cur)=>state&{ | |
OptionalPrefix(Record.Field(parameters,cur))& | |
cur&" as "&TypeAsText(Record.Field(parameters,cur))}) | |
in | |
//merge parameter list and prefix with "function (" and suffix with function return type | |
"function ("& | |
Text.Combine(parametersWithTypes,", ")& | |
") as "& | |
TypeAsText(Type.FunctionReturn(Value.Type(placeholder))) |
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