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Played Challenges

Find fix point of cos - 1389 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #263 / 408
  • Number of attempts: 6
Insert column data on Confluence-style table - 450 entries

Add ip addresses into new "IP" column based on the last digits from the "Server" column

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #68 / 108
  • Number of attempts: 3
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 548 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #111 / 306
  • Number of attempts: 1
Easier Align - 393 entries

Align the columns of a markdown table

  • Best score: 51
  • Best player score: 169
  • Position: #50 / 95
  • Number of attempts: 2
Paste a column after a column - 2524 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #300 / 550
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort and add attributes - 1436 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #376 / 559
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add fold markers to a .c file - 608 entries

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

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #112 / 181
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1487 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #242 / 409
  • Number of attempts: 2
Braces or Brackets? - 969 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #79 / 312
  • Number of attempts: 6
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3614 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #426 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 2
Flodder-challenge - 1234 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #130 / 332
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12740 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1957 / 3680
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6937 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #997 / 1699
  • Number of attempts: 1
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