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Challenge #207: Parsing Video Game Data

Deborah_Simmonds
8 - Asteroid

Loved working through this in the JLL EMEA session, and working through multiple different solutions to each step!

SmitaLohande
9 - Comet

My Solution !!

e_d_g
7 - Meteor

my solution

 

 

bethgurske
6 - Meteoroid

#207 Solution 

chandler-gjino
Alteryx
Alteryx

attaching my solution

Wes_Seward
6 - Meteoroid

definitely need more practice writing regex code

alacoume
9 - Comet

My solution:

Dani_Lin
8 - Asteroid

solved

kmbassett01
8 - Asteroid

First crack at Regex - it took some doing, but I got there eventually!

Tom_Gould
7 - Meteor

Managed to parse all the data with one regular expression (in spoiler)

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(\d{7})(.+)\s(\w+)\s\((\d{4})\)\sCAT:(.+)\sPUB:(.+)\s\$(\d{1,2}\.*\d{0,2})\w+,\s\$(\d{1,2}\.*\d{0,2})\w+,\s\$(\d{1,2}\.*\d{0,2})\w+,\s\$(\d{1,2}\.*\d{0,2})\w+,\s\$(\d{1,2}\.*\d{0,2})\w+