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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: #3929 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4705 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1161 / 1293
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #337 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 10
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2931 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #307 / 867
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #125 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 9
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1140 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1566 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 / 471
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2951 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #495 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1015 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1861 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #30 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 8
Todo list specification - 420 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: #161 / 187
  • Number of attempts: 5
Back to the roots - 80 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: #11 / 43
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 954 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: #200 / 223
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple addition - 351 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 / 128
  • Number of attempts: 5
create arrows in a list - 146 entries

Add arrow at same distance

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #47 / 81
  • Number of attempts: 1
Create a table - 343 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #84 / 108
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add Go XML to structure tags - 211 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: #48 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 1
Not enough Ps - 75 entries

Different type of code

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #20 / 39
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2620 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 3
Gray area - 763 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #262 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 911 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #194 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2274 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3499 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 4
The meaning - 588 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #271 / 368
  • Number of attempts: 2

Contributed Challenges

Back to the roots - 80 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