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Challenge #49: Reformatting Transactional Data

marcreid
7 - Meteor
‎10-21-2017 03:34 AM

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Natasha
10 - Fireball
‎11-04-2017 02:32 PM

Similar solution, though I used Find and Replace instead of Join.

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LalaLele66
7 - Meteor
‎11-13-2017 07:40 PM

Another one finished! Normally I would have used the TRIM formula, but with version 11.5, the red/ green bar told me what was wrong, so that prompted me to try the Data Cleansing formula instead. 

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samN
10 - Fireball
‎12-04-2017 07:15 PM

pretty much the same as the solution. Another one down

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ggruccio
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ACE Emeritus
‎12-11-2017 08:00 AM

Several steps to get there - getting great practice with these tools!

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SGolnik
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide
‎12-11-2017 09:10 AM

This one reminds me of the data I get at work LOL

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LandonG
8 - Asteroid
‎12-13-2017 06:36 AM

Solution attached.

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
‎12-16-2017 03:34 AM

My solution is attached.

 

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jasperlch
12 - Quasar
‎12-16-2017 08:20 PM

Solution attached.

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msicak
8 - Asteroid
‎12-26-2017 05:13 PM

Struggled with this longer than I'd like to admit, but got there in the end.

 

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