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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1594 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2401 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #612 / 768
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5124 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1230 / 1670
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #4035 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #863 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
readability - 332 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #144 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mute the second method of this script - 461 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #181 / 243
  • Number of attempts: 1
Condensed Cases - 821 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: 19
  • Position: #222 / 252
  • Number of attempts: 1
Happy TvvO - 438 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #81 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #933 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 1
Count both ways - 1037 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #343 / 359
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 2048 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: 18
  • Position: #565 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1999 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 2
Letter case trickery - 1664 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #345 / 523
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1641 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #444 / 456
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2634 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #691 / 776
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 3050 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #474 / 787
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2036 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #576 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 2098 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #452 / 531
  • Number of attempts: 1
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