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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 27
Position: #3502 / 3898
Number of attempts: 1

Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 17
Position: #2589 / 3091
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 5102 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #97 / 1662
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #3513 / 4240
Number of attempts: 1

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1015 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

Best score: 39
Best player score: 44
Position: #219 / 390
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 14
Position: #1699 / 4216
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #3538 / 3984
Number of attempts: 1

replacing each line of a block selection - 3040 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Best score: 18
Best player score: 27
Position: #573 / 785
Number of attempts: 2

un-C-escape string - 58 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #11 / 52
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #1029 / 1758
Number of attempts: 1

Replacing some words - 428 entries

How fast could it be?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 31
Position: #115 / 151
Number of attempts: 1

Case preserving word replacement - 464 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 23
Position: #130 / 183
Number of attempts: 1

imports alignment (python) - 704 entries

Align as one import per line.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 30
Position: #151 / 200
Number of attempts: 1

It'ss tooo coold too typpe todaay - 230 entries

My hands are numb with cold. It's hard to type correctly.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 25
Position: #95 / 99
Number of attempts: 1

Rotating Philosophers Problem - 411 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

Best score: 29
Best player score: 32
Position: #109 / 167
Number of attempts: 2

HTML to Haml - 883 entries

Help convert this HTML page to Haml.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 56
Position: #189 / 206
Number of attempts: 1

expand a list comprehension (python) - 334 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

Best score: 42
Best player score: 66
Position: #92 / 110
Number of attempts: 1

Generate English Alphabets - 510 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 25
Position: #99 / 213
Number of attempts: 1

Insert a Markdown link - 466 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #108 / 155
Number of attempts: 2

Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 26
Position: #559 / 658
Number of attempts: 1

Java Array2List - 233 entries

Convert an java array initializer into a list.

Best score: 67
Best player score: 123
Position: #71 / 87
Number of attempts: 1

The holy-grail may help - 393 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #180 / 217
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: 16
Position: #304 / 529
Number of attempts: 1

A Simple One - 1076 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: #172 / 676
Number of attempts: 1

Ruby 1.9 compat - 643 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

Best score: 14
Best player score: 18
Position: #171 / 238
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse Simple Deletion - 862 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 15
Position: #416 / 463
Number of attempts: 1

Increment, increment, increment.... - 703 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #187 / 414
Number of attempts: 1

Context insensitive completion 0 - 596 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 10
Position: #226 / 252
Number of attempts: 1

Context Insensitive completion 1 - 514 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #178 / 249
Number of attempts: 1

Almost encrypted - 204 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 7
Position: #143 / 146
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse characters in a line - 819 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 13
Position: #34 / 276
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1764 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #476 / 647
Number of attempts: 2

Sort and add attributes - 1568 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #335 / 607
Number of attempts: 1

Reconstruct the Sentence - 1710 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 23
Position: #299 / 451
Number of attempts: 2

Braces or Brackets? - 1151 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

Best score: 34
Best player score: 47
Position: #194 / 355
Number of attempts: 1

Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3974 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 34
Position: #679 / 850
Number of attempts: 1

Flodder-challenge - 1466 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Best score: 27
Best player score: 45
Position: #305 / 374
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 13509 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #877 / 3874
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7579 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 52
Position: #1515 / 1871
Number of attempts: 1

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