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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4860 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #959 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #307 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 9
Condensed Cases - 820 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: #16 / 251
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2432 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #518 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 2
Don't know what this is - 2044 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #325 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #559 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 4
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