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Change to ascending order

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

Start file
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Ten,Nine,Eight,Seven,Six,Five,Four,Three,Two,One
Tenth,Ninth,Eighth,Seventh,Sixth,Fifth,Fourth,Third,Second,First
X,IX,VIII,VII,VI,V,IV,III,II,I
End file
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
One,Two,Three,Four,Five,Six,Seven,Eight,Nine,Ten
First,Second,Third,Fourth,Fifth,Sixth,Seventh,Eighth,Ninth,Tenth
I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X

View Diff

1,4c1,4
< 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
< Ten,Nine,Eight,Seven,Six,Five,Four,Three,Two,One
< Tenth,Ninth,Eighth,Seventh,Sixth,Fifth,Fourth,Third,Second,First
< X,IX,VIII,VII,VI,V,IV,III,II,I
---
> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
> One,Two,Three,Four,Five,Six,Seven,Eight,Nine,Ten
> First,Second,Third,Fourth,Fifth,Sixth,Seventh,Eighth,Ninth,Tenth
> I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X

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#115 SaneryiMatt / @SaneryiMatt - Score: 649 - 03/31/25 @ 11:41
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