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Matrix Calculation! Part 1
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Matrix Calculation! Part 1

Challenge No. 188: Create a formula that, for any given value of ‘n’, generates an ‘n x n’ identity matrix where all values are 0, except for the diagonal (primary) values, which should be 1.
Solved using:Excel (IF, LAMBDA, LET), Google Sheets, Power Query (List.Transform), Python, and Python in Excel.

August 7, 2025July 11, 2025
Custom Grouping! Part 17
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Custom Grouping! Part 17

Challenge No. 187: Group the rows until encountering a missing date.
Solved using:Excel (DROP, GROUPBY, IF), Google Sheets, Power Query (Table.Group, Table.AddColumn, Table.AddIndexColumn), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 6, 2025July 11, 2025
Column Splitting! Part 4
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Column Splitting! Part 4

Challenge No. 186: Split the ID into two columns:
The first column should contain all vowels (A, E, I, O, U).
Solved using:Excel (BYROW, CONCAT, HSTACK), Google Sheets, Power Query (Text.Combine, Text.Remove, Text.Select), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 5, 2025July 11, 2025
Replace Consecutive X!
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Replace Consecutive X!

Challenge No. 185: In the ID column, Replace all instances of “X” if it appears consecutively more than once with just an “X”.
Solved using:Excel (DROP, HSTACK, IF), Google Sheets, Power Query (Text.Combine, Table.Group, Table.TransformColumns), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 4, 2025July 11, 2025
Match Dates!
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Match Dates!

Challenge No. 183: In the question table, the dates are provided in various formats.
Solved using:Excel (IFERROR, INDEX, LAMBDA), Google Sheets, Power Query (Text.Split, Table.Distinct, Table.TransformColumns), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 2, 2025July 11, 2025
Add Index Column! Part 6
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Add Index Column! Part 6

Challenge No. 182: In the question table, assign an index to the blank cells, starting from 1.
Solved using:Excel (IF, LAMBDA, LET), Google Sheets, Power Query (List.Combine, List.Split, List.Transform), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

August 1, 2025July 11, 2025
Table Transformation! Part 22
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Table Transformation! Part 22

Challenge No. 181: Transform the question structure into the result structure.
Solved using:Excel (DROP, FILTER, HSTACK), Google Sheets, Power Query (List.Alternate, List.Transform, Table.Group), Python in Excel, and R.

July 31, 2025July 11, 2025
Hierarchical Structure!
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Hierarchical Structure!

Challenge No. 180: In the question table, parents and their children with different IDs are listed.
Solved using:Excel, Google Sheets, Power Query, Python in Excel, and R.

July 30, 2025July 11, 2025
Table Transformation! Part 21
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Table Transformation! Part 21

Challenge No. 177: Transform the question structure into the result structure.
Solved using:Excel (DROP, FILTER, HSTACK), Google Sheets, Power Query (Table.AddColumn, Table.ExpandTableColumn, Table.Group), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

July 27, 2025July 11, 2025
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Custom Grouping! Part 16

Challenge No. 176: Group every five rows of the question table and then provide some of quantity for each group.
Solved using:Excel (GROUPBY, HSTACK, LAMBDA), Google Sheets, Power Query (Table.Group, List.Transform, Table.AddIndexColumn), Python, Python in Excel, and R.

July 26, 2025July 11, 2025

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