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Extract HTML option values from tag values

Generate HTML option values from the text in the option tag. If the text contains multiple words, replace the spaces with an underscore and convert all capital letters to small letters.

Start file

<select>
  <option>Volvo</option>
  <option>Aston Martin</option>
  <option>Audi</option>
  <option>Alfa Romeo</option>
</select>

End file

<select>
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="aston_martin">Aston Martin</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  <option value="alfa_romeo">Alfa Romeo</option>
</select>

View Diff

2,5c2,5
<   <option>Volvo</option>
<   <option>Aston Martin</option>
<   <option>Audi</option>
<   <option>Alfa Romeo</option>
---
>   <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
>   <option value="aston_martin">Aston Martin</option>
>   <option value="audi">Audi</option>
>   <option value="alfa_romeo">Alfa Romeo</option>

Solutions

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44 active golfers, 110 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

01/23/2017 at 03:36PM

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#2 - Smylers / @Smylers2

01/23/2017 at 07:43PM

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#3 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/24/2017 at 06:04PM

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#4 - ben eisner / @b_eisner

02/09/2017 at 09:06AM

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#5 - Evgeny`s Kindle / @EvgenyKindle

03/19/2017 at 09:31AM

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#6 - Maricris Bonzo / @seemcat

09/20/2017 at 10:44PM

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#7 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/26/2017 at 10:11AM

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#8 - John Braxler / @braxler

06/14/2021 at 01:01PM

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#9 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPi95550250

07/02/2024 at 09:46AM

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#10 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 02:56AM

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#11 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

06/20/2022 at 04:49PM

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#12 - moh ayaya / @AyayaMoh

09/26/2023 at 05:16PM

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#13 - Luoyb / @Luoyb

11/17/2023 at 05:38AM

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#14 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

01/23/2017 at 02:34PM

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#15 - Song Zheng / @songz

09/13/2017 at 11:45PM

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#16 - ナイト / @ndknight

03/11/2018 at 12:17PM

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#17 - DHM / @DHM29978992

05/21/2018 at 01:05AM

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#18 - roudens / @roudens2

03/11/2021 at 02:06PM

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#19 - Janzen / @__Coos

10/04/2022 at 11:36AM

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#20 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

01/24/2017 at 01:58AM

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#21 - Jan Bundesmann / @janbundesmann

01/25/2017 at 01:39PM

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#22 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

07/16/2017 at 02:43PM

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#23 - e_e / @eleloi

02/20/2023 at 11:30PM

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#24 - Cristian Lupașcu / @clupasq

01/23/2017 at 02:06PM

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#25 - ZW / @ZW73226885

01/24/2017 at 06:40PM

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#26 - leslie snipes / @imjakerl

01/25/2017 at 05:35AM

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#27 - Jakob / @jajob

01/27/2017 at 08:09AM

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#28 - Tarcísio Gruppi / @txgruppi

01/28/2017 at 11:33PM

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#29 - Marko / @ultrox

01/29/2017 at 10:46AM

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#30 - Avian Y / @y_avian

02/05/2017 at 08:48PM