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From brakets to parens - 1134 entries

This is one of the most common problem when you wrap an array for error handling. Vim is useful when you convert foo[i][j][k] into foo(i, j, k) for many times.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #100 / 249
  • Number of attempts: 2
Create json from a .env file - 1585 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #101 / 376
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 82
  • Position: #67 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 4
Changing date formats - 710 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #61 / 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: 23
  • Position: #151 / 316
  • 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: 17
  • Position: #56 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 40
  • Position: #39 / 92
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fix the git merge conflicts - 332 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 52
  • Position: #32 / 98
  • Number of attempts: 2
Increment each number - 1062 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #153 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 3
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