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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 9v0062d0773d000000000225

Reformat symbols in list

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

Start file

inputs = [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]
outputs = [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]

End file

inputs = [ i1 i2 i3 i4 i5 ]
outputs = [ (o1,i1) (o2,i2) (o3,i3) (o4,i4) (o5,i5) ]

View Diff

1,2c1,2
< inputs = [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]
< outputs = [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]
---
> inputs = [ i1 i2 i3 i4 i5 ]
> outputs = [ (o1,i1) (o2,i2) (o3,i3) (o4,i4) (o5,i5) ]

Solutions

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<Esc>:1,1s/[]<Left>0<BS>1-5<Right><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>(<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>)/i$1/g<CR>/<BS>:1s/([1-5]+)/i()<BS><BS>1<BS>$1.g<CR>/[]<Left>1-5<CR>nnnnnnnnn:s<BS>1,1s/[1-5]/i[]<Left>1-5<Right>/g<CR><Esc>u:s/<BS><BS>1s/[1-5]/$<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>\(<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>\)<Right><Right><BS>i\1/g<CR>s/<BS>i<Esc>:2s<BS>,<BS>s/\(1-5<Left><Left><Left>[<Right><Right><Right>]\)/\[<BS><BS>(o\1,i\1)/g<CR>`;<Esc><Esc>:w<CR>:q!<CR>

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274 active golfers, 1210 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

171

#271 - smaso / @iamsmaso

09/17/2022 at 07:39AM

179

#272 - thisisharrison / @thisislharrison

08/08/2022 at 03:37PM

187

#273 - DarChan / @richvote

10/28/2022 at 09:00AM

202

#274 - 陈宏义 / @mason_chen_cn

09/12/2022 at 03:29PM