Expand compressed string
Implement a function that expands run-length encoded strings (e.g., 'a3b2' → 'aaabb').
Find substring index
Implement a function that returns the starting index of the first occurrence of a substring using only basic string indexing and slicing.
Count Substrings
Implement a function that counts non-overlapping occurrences of a substring in a given string.
Sort characters in string
Write a function that sorts the characters in a string and returns the sorted string.
Most Common Character
Return the character that appears most frequently in a string, breaking ties by earliest occurrence.
Roman to Integer
Convert a valid Roman numeral string to an integer using standard rules.
Isomorphic Strings Check
Given two strings, check if they are isomorphic by verifying a one-to-one character mapping.
Find all anagrams
Return all starting indices where any anagram of a given word appears as a substring.
Substring Anagrams
Return all start indices in a string where a substring of length k is an anagram of a pattern string.
Longest Palindrome Substring
Given a string s, return the longest substring that reads the same forwards and backwards.
Index of First Occurrence
Implement a function that finds the starting index of a substring within a string, returning -1 when absent.
Safe Command Executor
Implement emulate_run that simulates running a command list and returns output and exit code.
Error message formatter
Write a function that constructs a formatted error message from a code, an optional context, and a fallback message.
Stack Trace Sanitizer
Implement a function that rewrites traceback file paths to basenames only.
Extract Hashtags
Extract unique hashtags from a given text string in the order they appear.
Extract mentions
Extract unique @mentions from a string, respecting email-like patterns and punctuation.
Validate time format
Check whether a given string is a valid 24-hour time in HH:MM format.
Parse Log Line
Write a function that parses a log line and returns a dictionary with timestamp, level, and message.
Replace multiple spaces
Implement a function that replaces every sequence of spaces with a single space.
Remove HTML tags
Remove all HTML tags from a string to extract clean text.
Extract Quoted Strings
Write a function that extracts the text inside every double-quoted substring from a given string.
Split on camelCase
Given a camelCase string, split it into words at uppercase letters and return them as lowercase words.
Extract domain from URL
Extract the domain (hostname without port or www) from a given URL string.
Normalize Whitespace
Write a function that normalizes any whitespace in a string to single spaces and trims the ends.
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