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Played Challenges

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6399 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #927 / 1564
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4887 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #60 / 1916
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap assigned value - 696 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #41 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 4
VimGolfNight - 604 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #35 / 357
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #230 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 13058 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1409 / 3993
  • Number of attempts: 4
Hole-in-one - 1041 entries

Lets take this golf thing literally.. Drive off the tee into the hole, and of course you don't strike the ball completely clean.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #291 / 308
  • Number of attempts: 1
Minimalist Limerick - 540 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #167 / 178
  • Number of attempts: 1
fib.c cleanup - 80 entries

cleanup the file

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #19 / 59
  • Number of attempts: 1
NATO phonetic alphabet - 554 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #78 / 201
  • Number of attempts: 6
SFD-ROC: Tic-Tac-Toe - 174 entries

Tic-Tac-Toe You are 'X', and it is your turn. Stop 'O' from winning, and complete the game. Draw a diagonal line through your winning row of three X's.

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #49 / 55
  • Number of attempts: 3
SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 212 entries

Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #8 / 110
  • Number of attempts: 4
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 464 entries

Someone has vandalized this text file and replaced the beginning character of one word in each line with a Big "X." Please remove the big X's, and fix each line to read "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog."

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #118 / 201
  • Number of attempts: 2
lamb had a little Mary - 659 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #35 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 4
Create an alphabet diamond - 112 entries

Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 98
  • Position: #29 / 33
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2641 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #648 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 5
switch variable - 5131 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #743 / 1766
  • Number of attempts: 5
The meaning - 589 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #152 / 369
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort entries based on date - 432 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #34 / 121
  • Number of attempts: 9
Sort and add attributes - 1601 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #365 / 619
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7722 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 68
  • Position: #1775 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 1
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