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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: 29
  • Position: #4937 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3090 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1269 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #172 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1228 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2072 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #297 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #724 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 5
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #410 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #713 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2987 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1922 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 6
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #400 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3826 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2200 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 3
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