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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: #969 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2399 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #735 / 767
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #608 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #3926 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #851 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 15
  • Position: #162 / 251
  • Number of attempts: 1
increment by column in XML - 165 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #35 / 56
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3437 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #57 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3043 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2646 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13526 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1423 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 3
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