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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33969 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: 28
Position: #4344 / 7502
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 17
Position: #1137 / 1290
Number of attempts: 1

One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 25
Position: #3341 / 3898
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4860 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1289 / 1910
Number of attempts: 2

Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 22
Position: #459 / 638
Number of attempts: 1

Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #563 / 710
Number of attempts: 1

Copy three lines - 2909 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #265 / 644
Number of attempts: 3

Extract argument from function - 2397 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 19
Position: #697 / 766
Number of attempts: 2

Start coding format - 159 entries

I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }

Best score: 22
Best player score: 29
Position: #73 / 73
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 5107 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1249 / 1665
Number of attempts: 2

Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #3558 / 4243
Number of attempts: 2

Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 18
Position: #357 / 594
Number of attempts: 3

For all cases. - 169 entries

In this case... change it! :) Watch the line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 9
Position: #99 / 109
Number of attempts: 2

Missing Library and a Typo - 952 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: 43
Position: #221 / 222
Number of attempts: 1

Simple addition - 337 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 20
Position: #124 / 125
Number of attempts: 1

Nesting SASS - 296 entries

Move a block inside another block and indent it

Best score: 9
Best player score: 20
Position: #92 / 100
Number of attempts: 2

Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1339 / 2153
Number of attempts: 1

Sorting a glossary - 134 entries

Sort a glossary. Glossary head contains a header phrase ending with ':' and glossary body has multi line text indented with a tab.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 10
Position: #83 / 83
Number of attempts: 1

Order and join - 1009 entries

There's something special about the input order.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #167 / 263
Number of attempts: 2

Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 19
Position: #1113 / 1196
Number of attempts: 2

VimGolfNight - 581 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 21
Position: #340 / 353
Number of attempts: 1

Mute the second method of this script - 460 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

Best score: 8
Best player score: 10
Position: #217 / 242
Number of attempts: 1

Refactoring useless Method away - 134 entries

Real-life challenge, convert a bunch of ifs to a switch statement

Best score: 47
Best player score: 113
Position: #37 / 37
Number of attempts: 2

Condensed Cases - 820 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 21
Position: #230 / 251
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16178 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 20
Position: #3657 / 4217
Number of attempts: 1

learn vim in short time - 245 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #103 / 165
Number of attempts: 2

Change name of a variable - 182 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #104 / 140
Number of attempts: 1

Refactor static member invocation - 211 entries

Someone used a static method. Refactor the method into a static import while fixing the assertion.

Best score: 28
Best player score: 56
Position: #63 / 65
Number of attempts: 2

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1184 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 32
Position: #287 / 305
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #3320 / 3711
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 13029 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #2965 / 3985
Number of attempts: 1

abcd > a b c d - 299 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #166 / 228
Number of attempts: 1

Python: Lots of function arguments - 123 entries

The function definition is too long for one line. The modeline helps you with some typical Python indent settings.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 36
Position: #51 / 51
Number of attempts: 1

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1628 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 14
Position: #379 / 454
Number of attempts: 2

Vertical Limit - 2629 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Best score: 21
Best player score: 27
Position: #565 / 775
Number of attempts: 1

Append semicolon after expressions - 1067 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #415 / 423
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #1218 / 1758
Number of attempts: 1

The meaning - 580 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #275 / 365
Number of attempts: 1

remove dupes from array - 1362 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

Best score: 17
Best player score: 24
Position: #236 / 339
Number of attempts: 1

Shebangs for all - 2090 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 18
Position: #389 / 529
Number of attempts: 2

The Cake is a Lie - 1390 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #241 / 539
Number of attempts: 2

Context Insensitive completion 1 - 514 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 49
Position: #246 / 249
Number of attempts: 2

Change the content of a string - 1766 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #527 / 648
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 13521 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1685 / 3877
Number of attempts: 4

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7584 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 53
Position: #1556 / 1872
Number of attempts: 1