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Played Challenges

Swap values inside brackets - 2522 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #430 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 826 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #26 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1007 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: #215 / 384
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: #158 / 670
  • Number of attempts: 1
Almost encrypted - 204 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #47 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remember FizzBuzz? - 747 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 91
  • Position: #175 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3814 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #762 / 820
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13183 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2192 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7309 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #880 / 1805
  • Number of attempts: 1
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