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Challenge #458: Masking Alternating Characters

myastarling
11 - Bolide

here's my solution!

Carlithian
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide
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Happy Alteryxing
lukebennett126
7 - Meteor

Not the most efficient in terms of number of tools but have made a solution that always starts each word with an asterisk. Good challenge!

Ryan-Yeung
7 - Meteor

Minimalist solution.

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Spurs
8 - Asteroid

 

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arihant_jain
8 - Asteroid

Clever use of Parse (Token) and Multi-Row Formulas

TobiasFitschen
8 - Asteroid
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Erin
11 - Bolide

I added to this challenge input to check that it works when there's more than 2 words, and my solution is different because I have it so that each word starts with a masked character. 

 

Took the opportunity to use a little tile tool trick in this challenge. Since there isn't a "group by" feature in the Record ID tool, the Tile tool is my go-to for situations where I want the Record ID to restart based on another field. Thanks @chriswilliams41 for teaching me that one! I think of you every time I use the Tile tool!

 

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Carolyn
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Solved! It took me a little bit to understand some of the finer points of the problem. Good challenge!

 

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MadyeIBT
8 - Asteroid

Interesting challenge! Definitely a lot of different ways to interpret every other character