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switch variable - 5031 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1254 / 1735
  • Number of attempts: 1
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 1 - 212 entries

Convert this tiny php class to adequate java one.

  • Best score: 65
  • Best player score: 109
  • Position: #38 / 61
  • Number of attempts: 1
formatted text to markdown - 183 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: #51 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove dupes from array - 1336 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: 23
  • Position: #183 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 1
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 2 - 96 entries

Same class but reverse!

  • Best score: 80
  • Best player score: 131
  • Position: #27 / 38
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alphabetize the directory - 283 entries

Put the contacts and their information in alphabetical order.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #59 / 99
  • Number of attempts: 1
Case preserving word replacement - 453 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #92 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort entries based on date - 363 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 71
  • Position: #113 / 114
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1859 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #496 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 1
The holy-grail may help - 345 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #94 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
Dumb to smart - 96 entries

Turn dumb quote to smart vim's way.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #25 / 54
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remove Accent off the Letter - 106 entries

Remove all the accent from extremely accented statements.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 74
  • Position: #38 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 1
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