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Played Challenges

Change the content of a string - 1267 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 31
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat most common surnames - 538 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 33
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get rid of html tags - 316 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Number of attempts: 2
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 399 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 517 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 11
  • Number of attempts: 2
Deleting folded text - 274 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 28
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort and add attributes - 1113 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 41
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remember FizzBuzz? - 548 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 98
  • Number of attempts: 3

Contributed Challenges

Add fold markers to a .c file - 447 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

Change the content of a string - 1267 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Deleting folded text - 274 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

Context insensitive completion 0 - 457 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Context Insensitive completion 1 - 399 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

Search and Replace 0 - 4444 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 517 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

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entered into 8 challenges

contributed 7 challenges