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Played Challenges

delete swap - 1818 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #516 / 567
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 31
  • Position: #5699 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3535 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1853 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2531 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #872 / 892
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5027 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1308 / 1637
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3644 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3491 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete unwanted lines - 431 entries

Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #177 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: ROT13 Phonics - 101 entries

A is for apple, b is for ball, etc... This familiar phonics poem has been rotated 13 characters. Make the letter match the word.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #54 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1138 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #433 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #579 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13262 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3242 / 3810
  • Number of attempts: 1
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