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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4885 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #936 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #626 / 1281
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #504 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1053 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #327 / 362
  • Number of attempts: 1
Where should I put the Newline? - 912 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #327 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 1
Pairs of numbers - 387 entries

Line 1 represents x, line 2 y-data. Bring the corresponding pairs in the form "[x,y]\n"

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #100 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Minimalist Limerick - 539 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #147 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 1
Groups magic - 173 entries

Regexp or macros for string converting: (a) -> ___ (abc) -> ____ (abcd) -> ______ All in the '(' replace to _ multiply by char count + ()

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #59 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
NATO phonetic alphabet - 547 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #119 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1642 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: #372 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2637 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #645 / 778
  • Number of attempts: 2
replacing each line of a block selection - 3068 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #243 / 789
  • Number of attempts: 4
Switch function arguments - 2229 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #410 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 1
Append semicolon after expressions - 1087 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #226 / 426
  • Number of attempts: 1
constructor - 198 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 82
  • Position: #18 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #714 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 588 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #243 / 368
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replacing some words - 445 entries

How fast could it be?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #9 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 4
Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #234 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove dupes from array - 1377 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: 20
  • Position: #128 / 341
  • Number of attempts: 4
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 2 - 98 entries

Same class but reverse!

  • Best score: 79
  • Best player score: 103
  • Position: #12 / 39
  • Number of attempts: 6
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 192 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #29 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 2
Numbering a List - 1969 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #311 / 661
  • Number of attempts: 4
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1313 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #266 / 419
  • Number of attempts: 3
Shebangs for all - 2103 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: 13
  • Position: #208 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse Simple Deletion - 874 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #186 / 466
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1418 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #422 / 543
  • Number of attempts: 2
Flodder-challenge - 1501 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #95 / 379
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2259 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7694 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #533 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 2
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