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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4743 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #952 / 1878
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract argument from function - 2308 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #306 / 742
  • Number of attempts: 4
That hyphen - 2554 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #304 / 694
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11346 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1575 / 4160
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5584 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #331 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 3
Condensed Cases - 788 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: 13
  • Position: #74 / 242
  • Number of attempts: 7
Happy TvvO - 403 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1 / 200
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15923 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1471 / 4159
  • Number of attempts: 6
learn vim in short time - 229 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #55 / 157
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3170 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #905 / 1127
  • Number of attempts: 1
Count both ways - 997 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #103 / 350
  • Number of attempts: 2
Lisp Condense - 438 entries

Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #77 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 4
Gray area - 724 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #59 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 2
Refactor static member invocation - 198 entries

Someone used a static method. Refactor the method into a static import while fixing the assertion.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #21 / 63
  • Number of attempts: 10
Don't know what this is - 1978 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: 13
  • Position: #251 / 578
  • Number of attempts: 6
Where should I put the Newline? - 859 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #325 / 430
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10616 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #575 / 3663
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12850 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1412 / 3944
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5028 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1498 / 1734
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1855 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #324 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 4
Make Fancy Header - 1007 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #92 / 337
  • Number of attempts: 11
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