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Played Challenges

Bad Copy Syntax - 2001 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #53 / 516
  • Number of attempts: 7
Interweave two blocks of text - 631 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #197 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3328 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort the cardinal numbers - 293 entries

Maybe a simple challenge.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #93 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line Zipper - 450 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #137 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 1
imports alignment (python) - 661 entries

Align as one import per line.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 72
  • Position: #193 / 194
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rotating Philosophers Problem - 390 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #127 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 2
Insert a Markdown link - 431 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #132 / 143
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1859 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #606 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 2
Assignment Alignment - 832 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #205 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 1
Matt Donahoe
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I work at @skydioHQ. I like robots, story-telling, games, powerful-yet-approachable interfaces & stupid ideas. Opinions are my own, I think....

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