Excel Power Query Using List MatchAny on a column value

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In Excel Power Query, I have a table. Column A has single numbers. I want to mark those records where the Column A value matches a list. A cutdown version of the problem is:

let
    TableA = Table.FromColumns({{1,2,4}}, {"A"}),
    ListB = {4,5,6 },
    DPart = Table.AddColumn(TableA, "IsInB", 
            List.MatchesAny(ListB, each _ = [A]))
in
    DPart

I get an error in the DPart line

Expression.Error: We cannot apply field access to the type Number.
Details:
  Value=4
  Key=A

Apparently, the code is trying to access the [A] column of elements of the list, instead of the [A] column of TableA.

What I'm looking for, is the correct syntax to accomplish this.

Oct 22, 2018 in Power BI by Upasana
• 8,620 points
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1 answer to this question.

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try this.

let
    TableA = Table.FromColumns({{1,2,4}}, {"A"}),
    ListB = {4,5,6 },
    DPart = Table.AddColumn(TableA, "IsInB", 
            (x) => List.MatchesAny(ListB, each _ = x[A]))
in
    DPart

But I would prefer:

let
    TableA = Table.FromColumns({{1,2,4}}, {"A"}),
    ListB = {4,5,6 },
    DPart = Table.AddColumn(TableA, "IsInB", 
            each List.Contains(ListB, _[A]))
in
    DPart
answered Oct 22, 2018 by Annie97
• 2,160 points

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