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Played Challenges

That hyphen - 2649 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #315 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #55 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 5
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #333 / 1281
  • Number of attempts: 6
Land of the Lost - 100 entries

Enter the tabs below the lyrics

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #14 / 35
  • Number of attempts: 3
swap or reverse - 132 entries

Try to swap or reverse the line as needed.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #72 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 1
readability - 342 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #116 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1696 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #251 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 3
Shuffled numbers - 256 entries

Each number is paired with the number it should follow. That's enough information to put them in order.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #49 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
Config Sections - 81 entries

Section me!

  • Best score: 43
  • Best player score: 60
  • Position: #21 / 24
  • Number of attempts: 2
Condensed Cases - 829 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #6 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 2
increment by column in XML - 168 entries

modify an arbitrary "column" in an xml table by incrementing a an arbitrary placeholder string

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #50 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #17 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #484 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1053 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #345 / 362
  • Number of attempts: 1
Neither Fizz nor Buzz - 271 entries

Not your regular increment macro! The gaps are tricky.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #79 / 107
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1919 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1425 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7694 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #966 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 2
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