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    Cool PQ - make new column by extracting a word from a cell that contains a $ sign

    (question from the web)
    How do I extract from my column A a word that contains in it a $ sign.
    For instance the data in column A would look something like

    A1 = 5465 Apples$50 Twenty
    A2 = 5687 Grapes$597 Three

    answer:
    B1 = Apple$50
    B2 = Grapes$597

    Apple$50 and Grapes$597 needs to be extracted to a new column of the same row.
    Source Source Result
    5465 Apples$50 Twenty 5465 Apples$50 Twenty Apples$50
    5687 Grapes$597 Three 5687 Grapes$597 Three Grapes$597

    Code:
    let 
        Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
        Result = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Result", each if Text.Select([Source],"$")="$" then Text.BetweenDelimiters([Source], " ", " ") else null)
    in
        Result
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    The Original question is for a PQ solution, but just for comparison, here are some extra solutions using Excel Formulas and VBA coding:
    https://excelfox.com/forum/showthrea...ll=1#post15462
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