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Played Challenges

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 106
  • Position: #1253 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 276
  • Position: #837 / 840
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 68
  • Position: #3029 / 3044
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 4792 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 71
  • Position: #1580 / 1585
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #4020 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3340 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 123
  • Position: #736 / 737
  • Number of attempts: 1
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