Text.Start

Syntax

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

About

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

Example 1

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

Usage

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

Output

"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.

Usage

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

Output

#table(type table [First Name = text, Last Name = text, Email Address = text],
{
    {"Douglas", "Elis", "[email protected]"},
    {"Ana", "Jorayew", "[email protected]"},
    {"Rada", "Mihaylova", "[email protected]"}
})