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Create json from a .env file - 1658 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #177 / 407
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reordering properties - 1336 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: 55
  • Position: #92 / 294
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and Tag - 708 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: 124
  • Position: #110 / 153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing date formats - 735 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 108
  • Position: #148 / 207
  • Number of attempts: 2
YAML to dotenv - 1600 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #200 / 335
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change to ascending order - 540 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 109
  • Position: #105 / 131
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 474 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #139 / 171
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove adjacent duplicates - 718 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #89 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 3
Move to corresponding lines - 324 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #71 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy punctuation - 734 entries

I want to copy the last line’s brackets, quotes, and commas to each line. How?

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #145 / 178
  • Number of attempts: 1
months to html list items - 1146 entries

Turn the months into list items.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #249 / 310
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quicksort - 2113 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #282 / 472
  • Number of attempts: 3
Find fix point of cos - 1485 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #218 / 434
  • Number of attempts: 2
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 582 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #194 / 328
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2668 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #416 / 578
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wikitext headings to markdown - 1035 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 66
  • Position: #192 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4596 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #495 / 1122
  • Number of attempts: 5
Number Sort - 322 entries

sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #142 / 172
  • Number of attempts: 1
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