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The logic was relatively straightforward - the key was making sure to only sample the largest digit available while leaving enough digits intact. Sample tool for the win on this one! I could tweak my macro to help it solve for both parts, but that's a future task :)
I was totally surprised at how easily I remembered how to build an iterative macro, now that I don't use Alteryx as much in my day-to-day!
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Outer workflow:
outer workflow
Iterative macro:
Iterates once for each battery to turn on (e.g. 12 times), finds the available subset of digits, finds the max of those digits, then resets the position of the last used digit.
macro
outer workflowIterative macro:
Iterates once for each battery to turn on (e.g. 12 times), finds the available subset of digits, finds the max of those digits, then resets the position of the last used digit.
macro
Solved!
I tried to put what I built in part 1 into the macro and ended up with a huge mess. When I finally started over with a new macro, it was actually way more simpler than I was making it out to be (and I could have done part 1 way simpler than I did)
Happy that I eventually got the answer, though a little irritated it took me so long to get there
