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Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 852 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #76 / 441
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 5045 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #931 / 1644
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse characters in a line - 807 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #192 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add fold markers to a .c file - 690 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #10 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple text editing with Vim - 13427 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #925 / 3849
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7533 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #446 / 1852
  • Number of attempts: 3
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