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Challenge #2: Preparing Delimited Data

MaxGiegerich
8 - Asteroid

Thanks for highlighting the TRIM function. New one for me. I used a multi-field formula, replacing ' and ". Not as succinct as the example answer, but intuitive and gets there in the end!

patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
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David92
7 - Meteor

I feel there could be a more elegant solution than mine.  But it's a start in terms of participation. 

 

David

Arianna_Fuller
7 - Meteor
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data_rachel
8 - Asteroid

My solution

 

 

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jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

More catching up...

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hoheusle
6 - Meteoroid

Notes included in the attached flow. Summary:

1. Use the Text to Columns tool

2. Use the Data Cleansing tool

3. Use the RegEx tool

4. Use the DateTime tool

5. Use the Select Tool

mattwilliamson
5 - Atom

My solution to the challenge:

marcreid
7 - Meteor

My solution

samjohnson
7 - Meteor
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More fun stuff. I am realizing that I'm committing a cardinal coding sin and neglecting to document my code. That needs to be fixed going forward.