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Create json from a .env file - 1569 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 89
  • Position: #304 / 369
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and Tag - 684 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: 162
  • Position: #130 / 144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing date formats - 708 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 126
  • Position: #158 / 195
  • Number of attempts: 1
YAML to dotenv - 1527 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #229 / 312
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change to ascending order - 500 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #81 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 439 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #147 / 159
  • Number of attempts: 1
Generate an entry for each month - 372 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: 66
  • Position: #67 / 92
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fix the git merge conflicts - 331 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #52 / 97
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Fibonacci Spacer - 161 entries

Split the words, remove punctuation and add spaces before each line following the Fibonacci sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89)

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 273
  • Position: #47 / 48
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replace markdown sections with numbering - 308 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #43 / 84
  • Number of attempts: 1
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