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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: 41
  • Position: #7193 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1640 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3412 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1196 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1517 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Manual SQL - 178 entries

Change select and insert queries to simulate inserting a new record.

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 74
  • Position: #38 / 52
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mirror Symmetry - 830 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #201 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #709 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3478 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #603 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #837 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3262 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 17
  • Position: #2569 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7610 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #1582 / 1874
  • Number of attempts: 1
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