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Challenge #267: To Quote The Alphabet

cchandler21
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Solution Attached!

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Down in 5 tools!

beachego
7 - Meteor

My solution. I challenged myself to do this one without the help other solutions and minimal google searching. I'm excited I got to the answer!

Ladarthure
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

my solution !

randreag
11 - Bolide

Here the solution 

mike_w
8 - Asteroid

the charToInt function is the key!

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LHolmes
9 - Comet

Every time I poke into the formula tool I find another nugget. Fun challenge...also great to research the history of this challenge and some involved regex proposals. At the end of the day Alteryx made this a breeze!

 

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Zuza
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached

cafkhami
6 - Meteoroid

Here is my solution with no macros

Kurohits
10 - Fireball

I would say this challenge was to give more narrow understanding of substrings. Great challenge and had fun creating workflow. Please check my solution.