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Played Challenges

Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1923 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 2
NATO phonetic alphabet - 538 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #65 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 2
Generate English Alphabets - 509 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #168 / 212
  • Number of attempts: 1
The holy-grail may help - 391 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #96 / 216
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3949 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #685 / 841
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3414 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7513 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #1557 / 1849
  • Number of attempts: 1
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