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Reordering properties - 1078 entries

Arrange the CSS lines for the #topbar selector based on their complete line length, from shortest to longest.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #53 / 249
  • Number of attempts: 9
Sort and Tag - 639 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: 119
  • Position: #95 / 131
  • Number of attempts: 2
Changing date formats - 617 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #53 / 172
  • Number of attempts: 4
Change to ascending order - 473 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #34 / 112
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 398 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #76 / 147
  • Number of attempts: 2
Generate an entry for each month - 351 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: 70
  • Position: #66 / 84
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the git merge conflicts - 290 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #35 / 80
  • Number of attempts: 3
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