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Split and Pivot Data
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Split and Pivot Data

Challenge No. 34: Split and pivot the Orders table
For example, Fred has only 2 Orders on the 14th and 15th Dynamic array function allowed, but Extra marks for Legacy solutions or PowerQuery Solution.
Solved using: Python in Excel.

May 26, 2025July 11, 2025
Unique Letters Per Word
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Unique Letters Per Word

Challenge No. 137: List those strings whose words contain only unique letters.
Solved using: Power Query (Table.AddColumn).

May 26, 2025July 11, 2025
Mask Specific Whole Words
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Mask Specific Whole Words

Challenge No. 136: Mask the string with asterisks if a word given in Words column appears in that row.
Solved using: Power Query.

May 26, 2025July 11, 2025
Get Dates Before and After a New Order
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Get Dates Before and After a New Order

Challenge No. 33: Get the dates BEFORE and AFTER a NEW ORDER
Dynamic array function allowed but Extra marks for Legacy solutions or PowerQuery Solution.
Solved using: Python in Excel.

May 25, 2025July 11, 2025
Author Sale Difference
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Author Sale Difference

Challenge No. 133: List the authors who have written more than one book and have the highest difference between Max of Sold and Min of Sold.
Solved using: Python in Excel.

May 25, 2025July 11, 2025
Top Rank Improvements
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Top Rank Improvements

Challenge No. 132: List the Top 3 players whose rank improved the most from 2021 to 2022.
Solved using: Python in Excel.

May 24, 2025July 11, 2025
Extract Complete Months
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Extract Complete Months

Challenge No. 32: Calculate the number of complete Months per Year per Project
For example, Proj A starts in 2022 (for 10 months), 2023(12 months), Ends 2024(6 months)
Dynamic array function allowed, but Extra marks for Legacy solutions or PowerQuery Solution.
Solved using: R.

May 24, 2025July 11, 2025
Replace Masked Characters
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Replace Masked Characters

Challenge No. 131: The strings given in column A have some alphabets which are masked i.
Solved using: Excel VBA.

May 24, 2025July 11, 2025
Custom Rank! Part 2
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Custom Rank! Part 2

Challenge No. 112: In the question table, rank the products based on the difference between sales in 2023 and 2022, in descending order.
Solved using:Excel (HSTACK, LET, ROWS), Google Sheets, Power Query (Table.AddIndexColumn, Table.Sort), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

May 24, 2025July 11, 2025
Capitalize First and Last
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Capitalize First and Last

Challenge No. 130: Convert the first and last letters of each word to upper case.
Solved using: Power Query (List.Transform).

May 24, 2025July 11, 2025

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