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Text.Start

Returns the start of the text.

Syntax​

Text.Start(
    text as text,
    count as number
) as text

Remarks​

Returns the first count characters of text as a text value.

Examples​

Example #1​

Get the first 5 characters of "Hello, World".

Text.Start("Hello, World", 5)

Result:

"Hello"

Example #2​

Use the first four characters of the first name and the first three characters of the last name to create an individual's email address.

let
    Source = #table(type table [First Name = text, Last Name = text],
    {
        {"Douglas", "Elis"},
        {"Ana", "Jorayew"},
        {"Rada", "Mihaylova"}
    }),
    EmailAddress = Table.AddColumn(
        Source,
        "Email Address",
        each Text.Combine({
            Text.Start([First Name], 4),
            Text.Start([Last Name], 3),
            "@contoso.com"
        })
    )
in
    EmailAddress

Result:

#table(type table [First Name = text, Last Name = text, Email Address = text],
{
    {"Douglas", "Elis", "DougEli@contoso.com"},
    {"Ana", "Jorayew", "AnaJor@contoso.com"},
    {"Rada", "Mihaylova", "RadaMih@contoso.com"}
})

Category​

Text.Extraction