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Challenge #489: From Chaos to Clarity

dsong713
5 - Atom
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Erin
11 - Bolide
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alexnajm
18 - Pollux
18 - Pollux

Done!

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abacon
13 - Pulsar

Really fun challenge!!

 

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joeyfel
5 - Atom
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Here's my solution!

Yoshiro_Fujimori
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

I had Input Data Tool do all the parsing work 😀.

(https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/file-types-support/flat--ascii--files.html)

 

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.flat file
<flatfile version="1">
<file
path="Input.txt"
eoltype="crlf"
trimWhiteSpace="t"
allowShortLines="t"
/>
<fields>
<field name="Account No." type="String" length="10" />
<field name="Name" type="String" length="16" />
<field name="Fake Identity" type="String" length="11" />
<field name="Date" type="Date" length="10" />
<field name="Action" type="String" length="14" />
<field name="Amount" type="Double" length="7" />
</fields>
</flatfile>​

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NatSnook
8 - Asteroid

Thanks all

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balajilolla3
7 - Meteor
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Carlithian
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide

hmmm looking at the other answers I probably should have used a dynamic rename, but opted to not bother :P

 

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Happy Alteryxing
Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@caltang  Nice one. Congratulations.

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