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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4596 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #501 / 1122
  • Number of attempts: 3
xrandr outputs and dashes - 731 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 / 228
  • Number of attempts: 1
Yo To Hello - 1155 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #101 / 536
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: #3724 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 3
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6390 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #577 / 1560
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1984 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 5
Quote modules - 1102 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #147 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1471 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 3
Bad Copy Syntax - 2081 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #379 / 542
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3646 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #786 / 1183
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7999 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #1575 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3076 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1978 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #733 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2469 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2526 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 3
NATO phonetic alphabet - 547 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #142 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 2
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