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Challenge #19: Excel Record Locator

Ivyin702
7 - Meteor

Please find the attached solution file

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Winning_Culture
6 - Meteoroid
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#19 solution 

rmassambane
11 - Bolide
 
Chantelb
9 - Comet
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djodts
8 - Asteroid

Here's my solution.

getintodata
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution!

JonathanW
8 - Asteroid

All done! I had trouble reading xls file, so I converted to xlsx prior to starting the challenge.

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mdodrajka
8 - Asteroid

Looks like almost everyone is picking up data from only Sheet1. In the instructions it was mentioned to take data from each sheets within the excel files. Maybe I'm reading too much into it :0

 

My solution has two inputs for each sheet with wildcard for the file names. Given the file format is legacy excel, sheet names can only be imported using codes (python etc.).

 

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Aswin
8 - Asteroid

My solution:

jdbartosh
8 - Asteroid

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