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Played Challenges

From argument to object - 1553 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: 19
  • Position: #305 / 470
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #980 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 886 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #93 / 297
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8014 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #793 / 2154
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2223 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2248 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13037 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2407 / 3989
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13606 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2212 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 1
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