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Played Challenges

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 930 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #349 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove dupes from array - 1324 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #20 / 328
  • Number of attempts: 7
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1203 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #395 / 395
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1278 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #107 / 509
  • Number of attempts: 8
Change the content of a string - 1442 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #481 / 546
  • Number of attempts: 2
Braces or Brackets? - 805 entries

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

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 188
  • Position: #270 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3206 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #166 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 12
Simple text editing with Vim - 12050 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #18 / 3530
  • Number of attempts: 15
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6374 entries

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

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 82
  • Position: #1539 / 1573
  • Number of attempts: 2
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