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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #964 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract argument from function - 2376 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #315 / 759
  • Number of attempts: 4
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #308 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1588 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #341 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 3
Condensed Cases - 807 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: #76 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 7
Happy TvvO - 427 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1 / 206
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1485 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 6
learn vim in short time - 242 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #55 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #915 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 1
Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #105 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 2
Lisp Condense - 460 entries

Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #80 / 158
  • Number of attempts: 4
Gray area - 749 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #60 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 2
Refactor static member invocation - 199 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: #22 / 64
  • Number of attempts: 10
Don't know what this is - 2025 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: #255 / 587
  • Number of attempts: 6
Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #330 / 438
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #575 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1428 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1512 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1940 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #336 / 656
  • Number of attempts: 4
Make Fancy Header - 1075 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #94 / 349
  • Number of attempts: 11
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