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Extract argument from function

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

Start file

attr("y",function(v){return v})

End file

f=function(v){return v};
attr("y",f)

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1c1,2
< attr("y",function(v){return v})
---
> f=function(v){return v};
> attr("y",f)

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