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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: #3037 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18896 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2759 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1857 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2929 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #726 / 866
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3990 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #648 / 909
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #617 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2795 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 3
Team names - 1860 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #497 / 595
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #711 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8014 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #964 / 2154
  • Number of attempts: 5
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 681 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: #178 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #667 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1834 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 5
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #1139 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10752 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2376 / 3713
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2999 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5120 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1541 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7649 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 56
  • Position: #1631 / 1882
  • Number of attempts: 1
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