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Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python. - 923 entries

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #170 / 228
  • Number of attempts: 1
Convert list of enums to list of localization terms - 213 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: 107
  • Position: #29 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 7
From brakets to parens - 1290 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: 38
  • Position: #162 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 4
Create json from a .env file - 1682 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #149 / 411
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reordering properties - 1371 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: 73
  • Position: #146 / 297
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort and Tag - 731 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: 137
  • Position: #127 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing date formats - 749 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 127
  • Position: #171 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 1
YAML to dotenv - 1627 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #174 / 339
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 487 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #126 / 175
  • Number of attempts: 4
Generate an entry for each month - 387 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: 44
  • Position: #47 / 97
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fix the git merge conflicts - 350 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #59 / 105
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Fibonacci Spacer - 172 entries

Split the words, remove punctuation and add spaces before each line following the Fibonacci sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 76
  • Position: #43 / 52
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fix the Scala Method - 374 entries

Fix the missing semicolons and the Int type, ensure the floating point division, and remove the unnecessary return.

  • Best score: 2
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #93 / 123
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change class fields from snake case to camel case - 322 entries

Change the class fields in this Scala class from snake case to camel case

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #112 / 121
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorganize Pokémon - 875 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #226 / 240
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replace csv column if it's not empty - 310 entries

Replace the credit_score_percentile column with the value 0.0 but leave the empty ones untouched

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #94 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
extract struct tag in go - 164 entries

Can you extract all struct tags in the fewest keystrokes possible?

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #26 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 1
CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #1 - 297 entries

Tsoding's famous "Can your Vim do that?" https://youtu.be/Bafo3hhheHU?si=DfcT4sUEMTSAevnx&t=1091

  • Best score: 41
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #98 / 118
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search different SQL column with similar where clause - 363 entries

Replace a column in the where clause and convert all numbers from text to numeric, by replacing the leading 0 with the code 359.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #59 / 87
  • Number of attempts: 2
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