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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33791 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: 22
  • Position: #2075 / 7455
  • Number of attempts: 5
Hogwarts Email Sorting - 930 entries

Given a list of emails, get the students full name and their associated house.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #76 / 263
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4647 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #506 / 1276
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #32 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 9
One number per line - 18801 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #609 / 3882
  • Number of attempts: 4
Quote modules - 1094 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #54 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 2
add line and index - 100 entries

a missed line and index names need to be added

  • Best score: 44
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #9 / 29
  • Number of attempts: 3
Aliases for cd - 881 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #3 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 10
Quote modules (ver.2) - 241 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #15 / 61
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values inside brackets - 2521 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #201 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1322 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 1
Bad Copy Syntax - 2052 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #176 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3614 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #743 / 1173
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #299 / 886
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #284 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3011 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line under headers - 2072 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #72 / 510
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #988 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1800 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 1
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