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Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 750 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #60 / 405
  • Number of attempts: 1
formatted text to markdown - 184 entries

You're converting some posts from an old blog to markdown. The formatted text is far closer to the finished product than the html markup, so it seems like a good place to start. Word wrapping seems to be the main area for optimization.

  • Best score: 70
  • Best player score: 81
  • Position: #49 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 1
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 166 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #61 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat long lines - 358 entries

Rearrange this ruby method call to put each parameter on its own line. Could become a useful macro.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #100 / 134
  • Number of attempts: 3
Insert a Markdown link - 434 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #94 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 3
Shebangs for all - 1961 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #180 / 506
  • Number of attempts: 3
Indentation - 531 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #118 / 175
  • Number of attempts: 2
Context insensitive completion 0 - 558 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #187 / 242
  • Number of attempts: 1
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 494 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #69 / 243
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1541 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #49 / 577
  • Number of attempts: 4
Braces or Brackets? - 957 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #65 / 306
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6824 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #774 / 1673
  • Number of attempts: 1
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