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Create json from a .env file - 1463 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #157 / 340
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reordering properties - 1113 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: #79 / 261
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and Tag - 664 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: #101 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing date formats - 680 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 108
  • Position: #137 / 185
  • Number of attempts: 2
YAML to dotenv - 1349 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #171 / 283
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change to ascending order - 483 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 109
  • Position: #94 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 407 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #121 / 150
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove adjacent duplicates - 658 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #81 / 164
  • Number of attempts: 3
Move to corresponding lines - 307 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #65 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy punctuation - 681 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: #137 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 1
months to html list items - 1119 entries

Turn the months into list items.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #244 / 303
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quicksort - 2077 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: #281 / 462
  • Number of attempts: 3
Find fix point of cos - 1458 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 / 430
  • Number of attempts: 2
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 575 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #194 / 323
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2661 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #414 / 575
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wikitext headings to markdown - 1029 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 66
  • Position: #191 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4579 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #493 / 1117
  • Number of attempts: 5
Number Sort - 319 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 / 170
  • Number of attempts: 1
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