List.FindText

 

This topic applies to the Power Query Formula Language which can be used with Power Query and Power BI Desktop to build queries that mashup data. See the list of function categories.

Searches a list of values, including record fields, for a text value.

List.FindText(list as list, text as text) as list  

ArgumentDescription
listThe List to search.
textThe value to search for.
List.FindText(  
  
{  
  
    [field1 = "t1", field2 = "t2" ],  
  
    [field1 = "test1", field2 = "test2" ],  
  
    [field1 = "another test", field2 = 5 ],  
  
    [field1 = 1, field2 = 2 ]  
  
}, "test")  
  
equals  
  
{  
  
    [field1 = "test1", field2 = "test2" ],  
  
    [field1 = "another test", field2 = 5 ]  
  
}  
  
List.FindText(  
  
{  
  
    [ Field1 = "hello", Field2 = "world" ],  
  
    [ Field1 = "hello1", Field2 = "hello2" ],  
  
    [ Field1 = "another test", Field2 = 5 ],  
  
    [ Field1 = 1, Field2 = 2 ]  
  
}, "hello")  
  
equals  
  
{  
  
    [Field1="hello", Field2 = "world"],  
  
    [Field1 = "hello1", Field2 = "hello2"]  
  
}  

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