Update 2024-03 - Using Pairs of Strict Splitters to Simplify Your Parsing Logic -- expanded.pq

Author: ninmonkey

forumQuestions/pq/2024-03 - Using Pairs of Strict Splitters to Simplify Your Parsing Logic -- expanded.pq

@@ -49,19 +49,7 @@ let
                 Message.Format = "InvalidResultException: SplitByEachDelimiter did not return exactly #{0} segments #(cr,lf)  String: '#{1}',"
             ]
     ][return],
-
-    // Summary =  [
-    //     // Was = ProcessRows( Rows ),
-    //     Rows         = #"Changed Type",
-    //     OneRow       = Rows{0}?,
-    //     OneText      = OneRow[Text]?,
-    //     Try1_Dash3_t = OneText,
-    //     z__          = _( [ name = "bob", id = 999 ]),
-    //     Try1_Dash3   = SplitBy_Dash3( OneText ),
-    //     Try1_Dash3_  = _( OneText )
-    // ],
-    Rows = #"Changed Type",// Summary[Rows],
-
+    Rows = #"Changed Type",
 
     // get the crumbs, else throw when it's valid
     Col_Step1 = Table.AddColumn(
@@ -77,9 +65,6 @@ let
         Col_Step1, "Step2",
         (row) => [
             Crumbs = row[Step1],
-            // SplitBy_TwoWhitespace = Splitter.SplitTextByWhitespace(
-            //     QuoteStyle.None
-            // ),
             Id      = Text.Trim( Crumbs{0} ),
             Name    = Text.Trim( Crumbs{1} ),
             YearEnd = Text.Trim( Crumbs{2} ),
@@ -97,9 +82,9 @@ let
         Record.Type
     ),
     // error if fields are ever missing:
-    Step2 = Col_LineAsRecord{0}[Step2],
-    Custom1 = Col_LineAsRecord,
+    Step2             = Col_LineAsRecord{0}[Step2],
+    Custom1           = Col_LineAsRecord,
     #"Expanded Step2" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(Custom1, "Step2", {"Id", "Name", "YearStart", "YearEnd"}, {"Id", "Name", "YearStart", "YearEnd"}),
-    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expanded Step2",{{"Id", Int64.Type}, {"Name", type text}})
+    #"Changed Type1"  = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expanded Step2",{{"Id", Int64.Type}, {"Name", type text}})
 in
     #"Changed Type1"