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Played Challenges

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #751 / 1562
  • Number of attempts: 12
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #752 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 21
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #752 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 7
Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #620 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 8
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #487 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 11
From argument to object - 1566 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #148 / 471
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1495 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 9
Stairstep digits - 426 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #123 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 6
One to Ten - 2258 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #347 / 688
  • Number of attempts: 10
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