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Challenge #120: Popular Baby Names

danrh
13 - Pulsar

Same idea, different flavor - I'm a sucker for Cross Tab :)

 

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Kenda
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Looks like I used a couple more tools in my solution than others, but still got the same end result!

 

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breal
5 - Atom

Excited to be solving my first weekly challenge! :)

 

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bjmdm83
6 - Meteoroid
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I just completed my first weekly challenge! YAHOO!!!

petgrap
8 - Asteroid
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CharlieS
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
 
samanthaaustin
5 - Atom

First weekly challenge....not very pretty but here it is. 

bnjmnsmith
8 - Asteroid

That was fun! I look forward to seeing how everybody else did it! It's probably not the cleanest, but it looks like it works.

 

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SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

This does take all the stress out of giving your kid a name that will be SUPER confusing when everyone else in the class has the same name.

 

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Parse; then regex to find the year.
from there just use a unique to find the highest number.
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mmongeon
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution

 

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EDIT: Wow, I'm amazed to see the simpler solutions out there!  Congrats you efficient people!