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Convert list of enums to list of localization terms - 105 entries

While making my game Piloteer, I had a large list of TaskTypes and needed to convert them to an equivalent list of localization terms, to be used when translating the game's text into different languages.

  • Best score: 75
  • Best player score: 102
  • Position: #12 / 35
  • Number of attempts: 5
From brakets to parens - 933 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: 39
  • Position: #129 / 216
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reordering properties - 1162 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: 43
  • Position: #54 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 4
Sort and Tag - 676 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: 149
  • Position: #121 / 140
  • Number of attempts: 1
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