Skip to content
OmidBI Logo – Expert in Power Query, Excel, and Business Intelligence Solutions

OmidBI

  • By Difficulty
    • ⭐️ Beginner
    • ⭐️⭐️ Easy
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Intermediate
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Advanced
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Expert
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Complex
  • By Topic
    • Advanced Mathematics Problem
    • Aggregation & Summarization
    • Column Splitting
    • Column Transformation
    • Custom Grouping
    • Data Cleaning
    • Data Transformation
    • Date & Time Handling
    • Financial Problems
    • Indexing & Ranking
    • Merging & Joining
    • Missing Values
    • Pivot & Unpivot
    • Text Processing
  • By Creator
    • Omid Challenges
    • ExcelBI Excel Challenges
    • ExcelBI Power Query Challenges
    • Crispo Challenges
  • By Software
    • DAX Challenges
    • Excel Challenges
    • Excel VBA Challenges
    • Google Sheets Challenges
    • Office Script Challenges
    • Power Query Challenges
    • Python Challenges
    • R Challenges
    • SQL Challenges
  • Books
    • 96 Common Challenges in Power Query
Home » General Tags » Power Query » M Functions » M Text Functions » Text.Select

Text.Select

Extracts characters from a text string that match a pattern in Power Query.

Extract Valid Structured Words
Posted in
  • ExcelBI Power Query Challenges
  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Expert

Extract Valid Structured Words

Challenge No. 191: Extract the words which are either numbers followed by all uppercase English letters or vice versa.
Solved using: Python in Excel.

October 10, 2025July 14, 2025
Column Splitting! Part 6
Posted in
  • Column Splitting
  • Excel Challenges
  • Omid Challenges
  • Power Query Challenges
  • ⭐️⭐️ Easy

Column Splitting! Part 6

Challenge No. 196: Split the ID into two columns:
The first column should contain all letters.
Solved using:Excel (CONCAT, HSTACK, LAMBDA), Google Sheets, Power Query (List.Transform, Text.Select, Table.AddColumn), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 15, 2025July 11, 2025
Column Splitting! Part 4
Posted in
  • Column Splitting
  • Excel Challenges
  • Omid Challenges
  • Power Query Challenges
  • Python Challenges
  • ⭐️⭐️ Easy

Column Splitting! Part 4

Challenge No. 186: Split the ID into two columns:
The first column should contain all vowels (A, E, I, O, U).
Solved using:Excel (BYROW, CONCAT, HSTACK), Google Sheets, Power Query (Text.Combine, Text.Remove, Text.Select), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 5, 2025July 11, 2025
Sort Words By Embedded Numbers
Posted in
  • ExcelBI Excel Challenges
  • ⭐️ Beginner

Sort Words By Embedded Numbers

Challenge No. 277: All words have an one digit number within themselves.
Solved using: Python in Excel.

July 18, 2025July 21, 2025
Sort by Type and Case
Posted in
  • ExcelBI Excel Challenges
  • ⭐️ Beginner

Sort by Type and Case

Challenge No. 116: Sort the strings within the cells.
Solved using: SQL.

May 19, 2025July 14, 2025
  • 96 Common Challenges in Power Query
  • Advanced Mathematics Problem
  • Aggregation & Summarization
  • Books
  • Column Splitting
  • Column Transformation
  • Crispo Challenges
  • Custom Aggregation & Summarization
  • Custom Grouping
  • Data Cleaning
  • Data Transformation
  • data validation
  • Date & Time Handling
  • Excel Challenges
  • ExcelBI Excel Challenges
  • ExcelBI Power Query Challenges
  • Financial Problems
  • Indexing & Ranking
  • Merging & Joining
  • Missing Values
  • Omid Challenges
  • Pivot & Unpivot
  • Power Query Challenges
  • Python Challenges
  • Text Processing
  • ⭐️ Beginner
  • ⭐️⭐️ Easy
  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Intermediate
  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Advanced
  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Expert
  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Complex

BYROW CHAR CODE CONCAT DROP FILTER HSTACK IF IFERROR INDEX LAMBDA LEFT LEN LET List.Distinct List.Transform LOOKUP MAP MATCH MAX MID MONTH Python Python Automation Python for Data Analysis Python for Excel REDUCE ROW ROWS SCAN SEQUENCE SORT SUBSTITUTE Table.AddColumn Table.Group Table.SelectRows TAKE Text.Combine Text.Split TEXTJOIN TEXTSPLIT TOCOL UNIQUE VSTACK XLOOKUP

Recent Posts

  • Max Total on Consecutive Days
  • Extract Valid Year Ranges
  • Swap Grid Diagonals
  • Pivot with Total Line
  • Remove One Letter Palindrome

Recent Comments

No comments to show.
Copyright © 2026 OmidBI.
Powered by WordPress and HybridMag.
  • By Difficulty
    • ⭐️ Beginner
    • ⭐️⭐️ Easy
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Intermediate
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Advanced
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Expert
    • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Complex
  • By Topic
    • Advanced Mathematics Problem
    • Aggregation & Summarization
    • Column Splitting
    • Column Transformation
    • Custom Grouping
    • Data Cleaning
    • Data Transformation
    • Date & Time Handling
    • Financial Problems
    • Indexing & Ranking
    • Merging & Joining
    • Missing Values
    • Pivot & Unpivot
    • Text Processing
  • By Creator
    • Omid Challenges
    • ExcelBI Excel Challenges
    • ExcelBI Power Query Challenges
    • Crispo Challenges
  • By Software
    • DAX Challenges
    • Excel Challenges
    • Excel VBA Challenges
    • Google Sheets Challenges
    • Office Script Challenges
    • Power Query Challenges
    • Python Challenges
    • R Challenges
    • SQL Challenges
  • Books
    • 96 Common Challenges in Power Query