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Challenge #88: Counting Combinations

DanielMS
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
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martensite
8 - Asteroid

my solution!

DavidThorpe
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

My solution:

 

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Using transpose, sort, summarize concatenate function and summarize distinct 
Vidya26
8 - Asteroid

This was quick

Angela_Menegassi
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

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

erick_irigoyen
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Solution attached

garthn555
8 - Asteroid
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justindavis
10 - Fireball
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Was making it too complicated until I remembered you can sort and concatenate strings.

Time to complete: 17:47

klyuka
8 - Asteroid

Very beatiful challenge. Easy and featured.

EmilyCR
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)