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Create json from a .env file - 1585 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #167 / 376
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reordering properties - 1221 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: #84 / 280
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and Tag - 685 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: #105 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing date formats - 710 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 108
  • Position: #143 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 2
YAML to dotenv - 1542 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #192 / 316
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change to ascending order - 500 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 109
  • Position: #98 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 447 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #131 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove adjacent duplicates - 692 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #84 / 173
  • Number of attempts: 3
Move to corresponding lines - 320 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #68 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy punctuation - 715 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: #142 / 173
  • Number of attempts: 1
months to html list items - 1135 entries

Turn the months into list items.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #246 / 307
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quicksort - 2096 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 / 466
  • Number of attempts: 3
Find fix point of cos - 1480 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 / 432
  • Number of attempts: 2
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 577 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #194 / 325
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2662 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 / 576
  • 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 - 4591 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #495 / 1120
  • Number of attempts: 5
Number Sort - 321 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 / 171
  • Number of attempts: 1
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