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Played Challenges

Wikitext headings to markdown - 1035 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #92 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 4
Plotting some variables in python - 1691 entries

4 sets of (x,y) variables to plot. Just increment the numbers! Well, let's change the colors of the lines as well. Oh and we meant to plot the absolute values of course.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #153 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: 22
  • Position: #1683 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 10
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #146 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 9
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #188 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 10
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #459 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #877 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7999 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #132 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 5
From argument to object - 1552 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #71 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2911 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #81 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #852 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1860 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #479 / 595
  • Number of attempts: 3
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 278 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #69 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #689 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #262 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 5
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 681 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #35 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2474 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #97 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 6
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #286 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #548 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 11
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1099 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #765 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1620 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 3
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