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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: #3729 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #883 / 1562
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1988 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 8
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2931 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #468 / 867
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1487 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #943 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #1276 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3084 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1983 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1524 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3264 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #702 / 1889
  • Number of attempts: 3
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