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Rearrange array to one line

Rearrange the array content on only one line, and remove trailing commas

Start file
const data = [
  {
    goal: 400,
  },
  {
    goal: 300,
  },
  {
    goal: 200,
  },
  {
    goal: 300,
  },
  {
    goal: 200,
  },
  {
    goal: 278,
  },
  {
    goal: 189,
  },
  {
    goal: 239,
  },
  {
    goal: 300,
  },
  {
    goal: 200,
  },
  {
    goal: 278,
  },
  {
    goal: 189,
  },
  {
    goal: 349,
  },
]
End file
const data = [
  { goal: 400 }, { goal: 300 }, { goal: 200 }, { goal: 300 }, { goal: 200 }, { goal: 278 }, { goal: 189 }, { goal: 239 }, { goal: 300 }, { goal: 200 }, { goal: 278 }, { goal: 189 }, { goal: 349 }
]

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2,40c2
<   {
<     goal: 400,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 300,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 200,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 300,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 200,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 278,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 189,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 239,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 300,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 200,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 278,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 189,
<   },
<   {
<     goal: 349,
<   },
---
>   { goal: 400 }, { goal: 300 }, { goal: 200 }, { goal: 300 }, { goal: 200 }, { goal: 278 }, { goal: 189 }, { goal: 239 }, { goal: 300 }, { goal: 200 }, { goal: 278 }, { goal: 189 }, { goal: 349 }

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#191 Driftingdrifting / @Driftingdrifting - Score: 232 - 07/16/24 @ 16:45
:%s/{\n^\w<Left><Left><Left>\<BS>\[<Right><Right><Right>]<Tab><BS>*\(\w)<BS><BS><BS>goal"<BS>: []<Left>0-9<Right>*\),\n.*/\1/g<CR>/{\n[]<Left>.<BS> <BS>^\w<Right>*<BS><BS><BS><BS>a-<BS><BS>g]*(^,)<Left><Left><Left><Left>\<Right><Right><Right>\<Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>\([^,]*\),\n.*/{ \1 },/g<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><BS><CR><Esc>:%d<BS>s/<50-53>{\n[^g]*\([^,]*\),\n.*/{ \1 },/g <Esc>[201~<CR>2GV14<CR><Up>J$x:wq<CR>

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