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Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 855 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #422 / 442
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat most common surnames - 805 entries

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

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #177 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 5
Sort and add attributes - 1560 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #527 / 603
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add fold markers to a .c file - 692 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #67 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3967 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #639 / 847
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flodder-challenge - 1458 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #325 / 372
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2417 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7550 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #1063 / 1862
  • Number of attempts: 1
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