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Merging columns with a delimiter

Inactive User
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Hi, I am trying to merge 3 columns and include a delimiter.

 

Example data:

Type 1Type 2Type 3
ab 
b  
c  
abc
   

 

My current method is to use the formula tool to generate a new column 'Types' with [Types]=[Type 1] + ', ' + [Type 2] + ', ' +[Type 3]

 

However this leaves multiple ', ' in many rows and it looks quite messy.

 

Would anybody be able to provide a solution that would allows me to merge columns and include a delimiter without this happening?

 

Thanks

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @Inactive User 

 

Here is a workflow for the task.

Output:

atcodedog05_0-1604488175829.png

Formula:

Trim(Replace(Trim([Type 1]," ") + ', ' + Trim([Type 2]," ") + ', ' +Trim([Type 3]," "), ", ,", ", "),", ")

Workflow:

atcodedog05_1-1604488193832.png

 

Hope this helps 🙂


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Inactive User
Not applicable

Thank you that works perfectly!

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Happy to help 🙂 @Inactive User 

 

Cheers and Happy Analyzing 😀

PJ10
5 - Atom

I have exactly same issue but the challenge I am facing is that instead of 3 columns, I have around 28 columns. Can someone help?

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