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Fuzzy match but for columns headers

Istwineres
8 - Asteroid

I was wondering if it is possible to use a better solution than multiple join to match the columns headers. I've got multiple files with different headers columns and different number of columns. Thanks!

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pedrodrfaria
13 - Pulsar

Hi @Istwineres 

 

The best solution I believe would be to Transpose the columns, apply the fuzzy matching, update the names, crosstab back to orientation it was before and move on with the workflow.

 

Pedro.

cain_m
6 - Meteoroid

The issue with this solution is that it changes the names of the columns, removing special characters (%,-,etc.) which are needed in my data. How can we do this without changing the column names? 

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