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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33379 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: #3868 / 7363
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1131 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #337 / 3842
  • Number of attempts: 10
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #294 / 840
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2125 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #125 / 630
  • Number of attempts: 9
Box it - 7827 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1120 / 1864
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1474 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 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2886 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #487 / 700
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1015 / 4164
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1805 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #30 / 581
  • Number of attempts: 8
Todo list specification - 385 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: #153 / 176
  • Number of attempts: 5
Back to the roots - 52 entries

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

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #7 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 856 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: 15
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #186 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple addition - 310 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 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 5
create arrows in a list - 103 entries

Add arrow at same distance

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #47 / 70
  • Number of attempts: 1
Create a table - 325 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #81 / 104
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add Go XML to structure tags - 152 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: #41 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 1
Not enough Ps - 66 entries

Different type of code

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #20 / 35
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2583 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 3
Gray area - 732 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #256 / 268
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 863 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #194 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2249 / 3666
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12854 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3462 / 3945
  • Number of attempts: 4
The meaning - 558 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #271 / 356
  • Number of attempts: 2

Contributed Challenges

Back to the roots - 52 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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entered into 24 challenges

contributed 1 challenges