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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: #974 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5115 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #855 / 1667
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #44 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #66 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #741 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add to end of each line... kinda - 344 entries

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #15 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #62 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 5
camel riding - 796 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #162 / 282
  • Number of attempts: 2
readability - 331 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #103 / 153
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1690 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #160 / 454
  • Number of attempts: 5
Remove hard line breaks - 77 entries

Text files with Hard breaks are not good for e-readers. We need remove all hard line breaks and have long lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #17 / 35
  • Number of attempts: 2
Winning streak - 156 entries

Make the number on each line equal the consecutive L's or W's.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #50 / 53
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #62 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #582 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
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