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Played Challenges

Reformat long lines - 367 entries

Rearrange this ruby method call to put each parameter on its own line. Could become a useful macro.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #49 / 136
  • Number of attempts: 2
Assignment Alignment - 885 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #6 / 221
  • Number of attempts: 6
A Simple One - 1064 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #113 / 670
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse Simple Deletion - 857 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #138 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment, increment, increment.... - 701 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #380 / 413
  • Number of attempts: 1
Indentation - 552 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #78 / 181
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make Fancy Header - 1070 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #223 / 348
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat a C golf submission - 614 entries

Take this C golf submission (for the "tiny but standards-compliant Hello World program" category, naturally), and turn it into formatted C code.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #46 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add fold markers to a .c file - 664 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #122 / 191
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flodder-challenge - 1369 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #104 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 5
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