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From brakets to parens - 795 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: 26
  • Position: #58 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 7
Create json from a .env file - 1438 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #27 / 336
  • Number of attempts: 11
Sort and Tag - 659 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: 69
  • Position: #53 / 136
  • Number of attempts: 4
YAML to dotenv - 1330 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #75 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 10
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: 17
  • Position: #65 / 150
  • Number of attempts: 3
Replace markdown sections with numbering - 296 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #17 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 12
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