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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18777 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1286 / 3876
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values inside brackets - 2515 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #65 / 584
  • Number of attempts: 6
Unsemantic linewrapping - 933 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #132 / 232
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2898 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #540 / 858
  • Number of attempts: 2
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1231 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #125 / 254
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10889 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1190 / 3076
  • Number of attempts: 7
Bad Copy Syntax - 2050 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #149 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3605 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #334 / 1170
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3881 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #401 / 879
  • Number of attempts: 4
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 662 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: 15
  • Position: #116 / 208
  • Number of attempts: 5
Line under headers - 2068 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #362 / 508
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2427 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #283 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #740 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2336 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
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