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Challenge #358: Goodbye, Michael! (Part 1)

ggruccioAYX
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Sometimes I forget to post under my old account to get credit!

Shelbey
Alteryx
Alteryx
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anthonyw
8 - Asteroid

Challenge Completed! My results are a bit different from the Output. Wondering if anyone had the same results

 

 

Clifford_Coon
11 - Bolide

My solution.  Straight through processing (one line) and minimal tools.

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ggruccio
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Fun Office challenge - not as straightforward as I initially thought!

 

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almeera
8 - Asteroid

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Caroi42
6 - Meteoroid

Mine was a bit different - I did some data cleaning to look for spelling variations for my totals for word and line were higher.

 

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ed_hayter
13 - Pulsar
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TurboToad
11 - Bolide

Fun challenge!

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LHolmes
9 - Comet

Some interesting lessons in data cleansing. Provided two solutions - one that matched and another that looks a little deeper.

 

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