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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4561 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #495 / 1112
  • Number of attempts: 3
xrandr outputs and dashes - 724 entries

uh oh, different video drivers identify display outputs with more dashes. Quick, need to change this xrandr script!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #11 / 225
  • Number of attempts: 1
Yo To Hello - 1151 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #101 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33745 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: 26
  • Position: #3707 / 7448
  • Number of attempts: 3
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6357 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #574 / 1550
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18777 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1974 / 3876
  • Number of attempts: 5
Quote modules - 1094 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #144 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10889 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1462 / 3076
  • Number of attempts: 3
Bad Copy Syntax - 2047 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #371 / 531
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3605 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #779 / 1170
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7927 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #1561 / 1883
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3066 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1965 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #728 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10693 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2460 / 3693
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2517 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 3
NATO phonetic alphabet - 538 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #141 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 2
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