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From argument to object

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

Start file

organize(cupboard, 3, 2);
prioritize(bureau, 8, 7);
realize(bannister, 4, 4);
moralize(railing, 3,9);

End file

cupboard.organize(3, 2);
bureau.prioritize(8, 7);
bannister.realize(4, 4);
railing.moralize(3,9);

View Diff

1,4c1,4
< organize(cupboard, 3, 2);
< prioritize(bureau, 8, 7);
< realize(bannister, 4, 4);
< moralize(railing, 3,9);
---
> cupboard.organize(3, 2);
> bureau.prioritize(8, 7);
> bannister.realize(4, 4);
> railing.moralize(3,9);

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