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Played Challenges

Reformat most common surnames - 796 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #114 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get rid of html tags - 441 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #158 / 252
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1750 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #358 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 1
Deleting folded text - 401 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #118 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3952 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #500 / 842
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13427 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2407 / 3849
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7533 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #619 / 1852
  • Number of attempts: 1
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