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Braces or Brackets?

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

Start file
var some_function = function {arg1, arg2} [
       
var some_array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo');
       
for {var i in some_array} (
                console
.log(some_array, [{1 + (8 / 2)}, 'hello (world)');
       
)
];
End file
var some_function = function (arg1, arg2) {
       
var some_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo'];
       
for (var i in some_array) {
                console
.log(some_array, [(1 + (8 / 2)), 'hello (world)');
       
}
};

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1,6c1,6
< var some_function = function {arg1, arg2} [
<       var some_array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo');
<       for {var i in some_array} (
<               console.log(some_array, [{1 + (8 / 2)}, 'hello (world)');
<       )
< ];
---
> var some_function = function (arg1, arg2) {
>       var some_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 'foo'];
>       for (var i in some_array) {
>               console.log(some_array, [(1 + (8 / 2)), 'hello (world)');
>       }
> };

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Solutions by @kevincking1986:
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#45 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/27/2025 at 12:20AM

35
#>53 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/27/2025 at 12:17AM

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#>56 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/27/2025 at 12:14AM

37
#>70 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/27/2025 at 12:12AM

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#>80 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/27/2025 at 12:10AM

42
#>133 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/26/2025 at 11:43PM

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#>146 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/26/2025 at 11:38PM

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#>158 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/26/2025 at 11:30PM

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#>167 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/26/2025 at 11:15PM

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#>263 - kevincking1986 / @kevincking1986

03/26/2025 at 11:12PM