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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 27
  • Position: #3907 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4644 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1148 / 1275
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18784 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #337 / 3878
  • Number of attempts: 10
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2907 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #303 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #125 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 9
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1134 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1524 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: #64 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #491 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1015 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1846 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #30 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 8
Todo list specification - 401 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #157 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 5
Back to the roots - 63 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #9 / 38
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 920 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #196 / 219
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple addition - 332 entries

The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #35 / 124
  • Number of attempts: 5
create arrows in a list - 128 entries

Add arrow at same distance

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #47 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 1
Create a table - 332 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #82 / 105
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add Go XML to structure tags - 182 entries

The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #45 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 1
Not enough Ps - 67 entries

Different type of code

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #20 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2602 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 3
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #258 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #194 / 438
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2264 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3484 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 4
The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #271 / 363
  • Number of attempts: 2

Contributed Challenges

Back to the roots - 63 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

Andrei Gasparovici
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contributed 1 challenges