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Played Challenges

Modernise code - 1434 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 56
  • Position: #270 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rural Post - 4593 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #799 / 1120
  • Number of attempts: 5
Satisfy the go linter - 2482 entries

You just came up with this briliant go vars package. But dang, you forgot to add comments to the exported variables. Can you add a comment over each variable with a TODO-placeholder?

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #426 / 494
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33967 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: 32
  • Position: #6036 / 7501
  • Number of attempts: 4
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1363 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3482 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values inside brackets - 2545 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #544 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10934 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2627 / 3092
  • Number of attempts: 2
Bad Copy Syntax - 2079 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #443 / 541
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2909 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #570 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2472 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #405 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3719 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7584 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #1475 / 1872
  • Number of attempts: 1
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