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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #6101 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4883 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1038 / 1914
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #397 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2646 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #321 / 711
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3320 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5736 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1011 / 1280
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1103 / 1200
  • Number of attempts: 1
camel riding - 815 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #274 / 284
  • Number of attempts: 1
readability - 340 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #87 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1693 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #354 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove all lines in first part - 223 entries

From the second part, remove all lines in the first part. It can be useful when you have done something from a long list, you want to know what is not done yet!

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #47 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the XML - 1050 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #188 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 3
Shuffled numbers - 255 entries

Each number is paired with the number it should follow. That's enough information to put them in order.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #77 / 99
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1565 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 3
-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #562 / 1146
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 763 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #174 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3072 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1555 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 3
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