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Percentage.From

A value as a percentage number (Percentage.Type): 12.5 % is 0.125.

Group: Values, types and errors. Power Query M has it too: a query that uses it is written as in Power BI.

Syntax

Percentage.From(value as any, optional culture as nullable text) as nullable number
ParameterTypeDescription
valueanyThe value to convert: a number, text, a logical, a date, datetime, time or duration; null gives null.
culturenullable text
optional
The culture text is read in, such as "nb-NO"; the query's culture when left out.

Returns

nullable number. The number; null for null.

Remarks

  • Text with a trailing % is divided by 100; a number is kept as it is.

Examples

Text with a per cent sign

Percentage.From("12.5%")
0.125

A number is already a fraction

Percentage.From(0.25)
0.25

Number.From, Number.ToText.

Last updated · OpenBI Studio 0.3.79