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Played Challenges

Extract argument from function - 2429 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #691 / 773
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2649 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #557 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11630 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1553 / 4261
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #1177 / 1281
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 18
  • Position: #213 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16240 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3126 / 4226
  • Number of attempts: 2
learn vim in short time - 248 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #145 / 168
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #783 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1053 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #195 / 362
  • Number of attempts: 2
120 Degrees - 518 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #119 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 3
Gray area - 765 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #161 / 277
  • Number of attempts: 3
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1208 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #265 / 310
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3036 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13058 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3793 / 3993
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 3069 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #641 / 790
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13667 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3253 / 3914
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7722 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #882 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 2

Contributed Challenges

Config Sections - 81 entries

Section me!

Nicolas Dascanio
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entered into 17 challenges

contributed 1 challenges