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Challenge #120: Popular Baby Names

terry10
Quasar

I used the RegEx tool instead of the Text-to-Columns tool so I could specify names and data types for the output.

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hamza_khan
Météore

This was a great challenge.

hamza_khan
Météore

Same here. The regex tool was a easier option. 

jprodzenski
Atome

Solution

LDias
Météoroïde

Completed

Rima1776
Astéroïde

Attached Solution 

mike_w
Astéroïde

I am new, taking the Designer class that recently opened, and tried to get along with the tools that we learned so far. 

So I created my solution, only after that I also checked the one provided. My solution takes 8.9 s, the one provided 20.7 s. I am probably breaking some official/unofficial rules of the data science game, and I am aware it works because the data set is pretty much perfect. I can see how, for example, the RegEx tool is more elegant and would also work for more unruly datasets, but again, it hasn't yet been discussed in class. I hope the way I did it is legit.

xinyoo
Météoroïde

this is what I got

mohitch
Météore

Hi Everyone,

Newbie here

I have tried my best to solve this problem considering the fact that I am new to alteryx. Please find the attached solution.

bmalek
Météoroïde

Going through the ADAPT program and only using tools so far learned. Interesting exercise.