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Remove line numbers - 786 entries

From http://web.archive.org/web/20140831121704/http://dirac.org/linux/gdb/02a-Memory_Layout_And_The_Stack.php#investigatingthestackwithgdb.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #167 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 1
Easier Align - 449 entries

Align the columns of a markdown table

  • Best score: 51
  • Best player score: 239
  • Position: #66 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2668 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #13 / 578
  • Number of attempts: 7
HS exam question - 1613 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 77
  • Position: #255 / 422
  • Number of attempts: 2
Many duplicates - 1488 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #215 / 484
  • Number of attempts: 3
Modernise code - 1439 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #231 / 333
  • Number of attempts: 2
Replace pattern with 1, 2, 3, ... on each line - 1161 entries

For each line replace a search pattern (in this case $) with numbers starting at 1 and then increasing by 1 for each replaced match. a$b$c$ -> a0b1c2

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #44 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 5
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