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Challenge #241: Friday the 13th

AYXAcademy
Alteryx
Alteryx

A solution to last week's challenge can be found hereSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goaltender_maskSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goaltender_mask

 

This Friday will be another Friday the 13th. Whether or not you consider yourself to be superstitious, odds are you're familiar with this dreaded calendar configuration.

 

But just how common are these occurrences? For this week's challenge, construct a workflow that provides a count of the number of Friday the 13ths for each year since 1900.

 

Bonus: Are there any years that don't have a Friday the 13th?

Aaron_Harter
11 - Bolide

Spooky challenge!

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
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And for the bonus, I think we can prove that there will always be a Friday the 13th. We can ignore January and February due to leap year weirdness, and just prove that regardless of what day March the 13th will fall on, there will be a friday the 13th at some point in March-December. Here are the months:

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dsmdavid
11 - Bolide
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I always need to check the date formats (https://help.alteryx.com/current/designer/datetime-functions) should bookmark it...dsmdavid_0-1604933080402.png

 

Blake
12 - Quasar

Nice quick one this week! 

 

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Video solution below

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JennyMartin
9 - Comet
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Quick, fun challenge, meaning the associated video is also nice and short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu587UuaMt0&list=PL18SpOXDj-KMUD4YwWC5vZaUsIa7drxNZ&index=45

Find the challenge here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Weekly-Challenge/Challenge-241-Friday-the-13th/td-p/663110
AkimasaKajitani
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

My solution.

 

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DeanWest
9 - Comet

There's no escape...

 

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AngelosPachis
16 - Nebula

Nice quick challenge for this week!

 

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Solution attached. 🙂

 

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