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Challenge #88: Counting Combinations

DanielMS
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎04-10-2019 06:34 AM
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martensite
8 - Asteroid
‎04-24-2019 02:08 AM

my solution!

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DavidThorpe
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎05-13-2019 06:06 AM

My solution:

 

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Using transpose, sort, summarize concatenate function and summarize distinct 
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Vidya26
8 - Asteroid
‎05-24-2019 06:38 AM

This was quick

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Angela_Menegassi
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎06-06-2019 02:09 PM

Turned all items into column headers, marked the ones bought in each transaction ("x") and used the Unique tool to identify unique combinations of all. But I guess that wouldn't be a good solution if there were hundreds of items!  XD

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erick_irigoyen
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎06-06-2019 04:57 PM

Solution attached

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garthn555
8 - Asteroid
‎06-21-2019 05:24 AM
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justindavis
10 - Fireball
‎06-21-2019 02:17 PM
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Was making it too complicated until I remembered you can sort and concatenate strings.

Time to complete: 17:47

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klyuka
8 - Asteroid
‎06-28-2019 05:33 AM

Very beatiful challenge. Easy and featured.

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EmilyCR
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎07-02-2019 08:03 PM
 
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