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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4d1a522ea860b7447200010b

Braces or Brackets?

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

Start file
var some_function = function {arg1, arg2} [
	var some_array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo');
	for {var i in some_array} (
		console.log(some_array, [{1 + (8 / 2)}, 'hello (world)');
	)
];
End file
var some_function = function (arg1, arg2) {
	var some_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo'];
	for (var i in some_array) {
		console.log(some_array, [(1 + (8 / 2)), 'hello (world)');
	}
};

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1,6c1,6
< var some_function = function {arg1, arg2} [
<       var some_array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo');
<       for {var i in some_array} (
<               console.log(some_array, [{1 + (8 / 2)}, 'hello (world)');
<       )
< ];
---
> var some_function = function (arg1, arg2) {
>       var some_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo'];
>       for (var i in some_array) {
>               console.log(some_array, [(1 + (8 / 2)), 'hello (world)');
>       }
> };

Solutions by @uwusual:

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Solutions by @uwusual:
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#50 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 07:05PM

35
#>58 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 07:01PM

36
#>62 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 07:00PM

37
#>76 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:59PM

38
#>86 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:59PM

39
#>96 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:56PM

40
#>109 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:55PM

41
#>131 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:53PM

42
#>147 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:50PM

43
#>161 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:49PM

48
#>233 - uwusual / @uwusual

08/04/2026 at 06:47PM