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Played Challenges

Sort and Tag - 737 entries

The goal is to sort these lines alphabetically, assign a unique identifier to each line in the format "[01]", "[02]", etc., and then restore the original order of the lines while preserving the assigned identifiers.

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #46 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing date formats - 751 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #26 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 15
YAML to dotenv - 1637 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #74 / 342
  • Number of attempts: 8
Change to ascending order - 544 entries

Change each line of numbers consistently from descending to ascending order.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #28 / 133
  • Number of attempts: 14
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 491 entries

Turn this spreadsheet output into a CSV file but first swap the columns

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #29 / 176
  • Number of attempts: 3
Generate an entry for each month - 395 entries

The input file contains a URI with a month in it. Generate the URIs for all the other months up to a couple of years

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #56 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 11
Fix the git merge conflicts - 351 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #12 / 106
  • Number of attempts: 6
Nested JSON Flattener - 137 entries

Transform a deeply nested JSON structure into a flattened key-value format where each path is represented by dot notation

  • Best score: 44
  • Best player score: 155
  • Position: #28 / 32
  • Number of attempts: 1
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