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let func = | |
(string as text, separator as any) => | |
let | |
/* Debug parameters | |
string = "Do I need gloves for Power Query?", | |
separator = {"s", "need ", "Do ", "?", "g", "for "}, | |
*/ | |
SeparatorIsTypeList = Value.Is(separator, type list), | |
ListFunction = List.Accumulate(separator, | |
{string}, | |
(state, current) => | |
let | |
DoForEveryItemInTheList = List.Transform(state, each Text.Split(_, current)), | |
FlattenNestedList = List.Combine(DoForEveryItemInTheList), | |
RemoveEmpties = List.Select(FlattenNestedList, each _<>"" and _<>" ") | |
in | |
RemoveEmpties | |
), | |
TextFunction = Text.SplitAny(string, separator), | |
Result = if SeparatorIsTypeList then ListFunction else TextFunction | |
in | |
Result , | |
documentation = [ | |
Documentation.Name = " Text.SplitAnyNew ", | |
Documentation.Description = " Splits text to a list by each delimiter. Delimters can either be each character from a string or each string from a list. ", | |
Documentation.LongDescription = " Splits text to a list by each delimiter. Delimters can either be each character from a string or each string from a list. ", | |
Documentation.Category = " Text ", | |
Documentation.Source = " https://wp.me/p6lgsG-Yr . ", | |
Documentation.Version = " 1.0 ", | |
Documentation.Author = " Imke Feldmann: www.TheBIccountant.com: https://wp.me/p6lgsG-Yr . ", | |
Documentation.Examples = {[Description = " See this blogpost: https://wp.me/p6lgsG-Yr ", | |
Code = " TextSplitAnyNew(""Do I need gloves for Power Query?"", {""s"", ""need"", ""do"", ""?"", ""g"", ""for""}) ", | |
Result = " {""I"", ""love"", ""Power Query""} "]}] | |
in | |
Value.ReplaceType(func, Value.ReplaceMetadata(Value.Type(func), documentation)) |
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