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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 5cc31feaffd607000ccf6ea7

html paragraph to table

reformat html paragraph to table

Start file

<div>
<p>task 1</p>
<p>description here ....</p>
<p>task 2</p>
<p>some other description here ....</p>
</div>

End file

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>task 1</td>
    <td>description here ....</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>task 2</td>
    <td>some other description here ....</td>
  </tr>
</table>

View Diff

1,6c1,10
< <div>
< <p>task 1</p>
< <p>description here ....</p>
< <p>task 2</p>
< <p>some other description here ....</p>
< </div>
---
> <table>
>   <tr>
>     <td>task 1</td>
>     <td>description here ....</td>
>   </tr>
>   <tr>
>     <td>task 2</td>
>     <td>some other description here ....</td>
>   </tr>
> </table>

Solutions

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126 active golfers, 606 entries

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#121 - 김현수 / @flyhigh43

04/27/2019 at 04:27PM

116

#122 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/24/2024 at 03:46PM

126

#123 - David McDonald / @dmcdona

05/15/2019 at 08:35AM

127

#124 - Lingyu Yi / @LgxLingyu

05/08/2019 at 06:03AM

131

#125 - Matthias Kausl / @sig_segv

04/26/2019 at 03:15PM

158

#126 - ippachi / @ippachi1018

05/07/2019 at 03:36PM