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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 24
  • Position: #3029 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2751 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1849 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2915 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #723 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #638 / 892
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #614 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2789 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 3
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #494 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5699 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #708 / 1273
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7974 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #960 / 2146
  • Number of attempts: 5
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 672 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #176 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #664 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1824 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 5
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #1134 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2370 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2992 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1534 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7389 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 56
  • Position: #1586 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 1
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