<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 08:31:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/codewars/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Code Wars II - Array Helpers - Solving the kata]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we saw in the previous article, in order to solve this exercise, first of all we must declare a non-nested and non-generic class. Let's also remember that the class must be static. Let's see what happens]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@kirito0922/code-wars-ii-array-helpers-solving-the-kata</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@kirito0922/code-wars-ii-array-helpers-solving-the-kata</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirito0922]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:38:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Code Wars II - Array Helpers - Extension Methods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kata: Array Helpers - 6 kyu Situation: This kata is designed to test your ability to extend the functionality of built-in classes. In this case, we want you to extend the built-in Array class with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@kirito0922/code-wars-ii-array-helpers-extension-methods</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@kirito0922/code-wars-ii-array-helpers-extension-methods</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirito0922]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHo7XrNCQANUKvhcoK3gf9TXSTNkpkpz1L6bjtNJBW6BTGmQ6846btGU2M6UY94848AaVoN9aQZFPb7SEvtMKEgDWvRVx68JDTy2LXR2utBspGiBGcH4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codewars I - Pagination Helper]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Codewars? - ¿Qué es Codewars? Codewars is an educational community for systems programming. On the platform, software developers participate in programming challenges known as kata. These exercises]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@kirito0922/codewars-i-pagination-helper</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@kirito0922/codewars-i-pagination-helper</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirito0922]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:39:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHo7XrNCQANUKvhcoK3gefAXk8PynaCA7YJUPm583Qv8wPgzdcbY2paSsQYQccD6oox3EhU8sQq3xBSuvssTJs5fSfdNTvoLxf3q3dvmK1Jkd9U4fCuL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codewars Kata - Compare within margin.java]]></title><description><![CDATA[Create a function close_compare that accepts 3 parameters: a, b, and an optional margin. The function should return whether a is lower than, close to, or higher than b. Please note the following: When]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coding/@lochard/codewars-kata-compare-within-margin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coding/@lochard/codewars-kata-compare-within-margin</guid><category><![CDATA[coding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lochard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZzhjRbm8eh3d9nNVzFY1DLo298RikbucTEHLGLqgJRms/634816d46fc4a32b2a583416_codewars_og_image.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codewars 6 kyu Kata: Detect Pangram]]></title><description><![CDATA[my little repo of code solutions to code challenges on GitHub A pangram is a sentence that contains every single letter of the alphabet at least once. 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Input will always be valid,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@lochard/coddewars-kata-if-you-can</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@lochard/coddewars-kata-if-you-can</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lochard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZzhjRbm8eh3d9nNVzFY1DLo298RikbucTEHLGLqgJRms/634816d46fc4a32b2a583416_codewars_og_image.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codewars Kata - Opposite number]]></title><description><![CDATA[Very simple, given an integer or a floating-point number, find its opposite. 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