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Played Challenges

replacing each line of a block selection - 2987 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #233 / 774
  • Number of attempts: 8
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 998 entries

convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #176 / 190
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort the cardinal numbers - 310 entries

Maybe a simple challenge.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #99 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 1982 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #423 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line Zipper - 471 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #144 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove dupes from array - 1347 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #184 / 334
  • Number of attempts: 3
Alphabetize the directory - 298 entries

Put the contacts and their information in alphabetical order.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #43 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 6
PHP Array Syntax -> MailChimp Merge Syntax - 545 entries

I recently needed to send an e-mail to our marketing department listing allowed merge tags for our MailChimp campaigns. The allowed merge tags were determined from a PHP array in one of our PHP classes. I transformed the PHP class to MailChimp's syntax and sent the e-mail. It was, however, a long, laborious process. I'm still fairly new to Vim and would love to see how an expert Vim user would tackle one of my own, real-world problems. Thanks and have fun!

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #89 / 150
  • Number of attempts: 7
Case preserving word replacement - 454 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #119 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 5
Sort entries based on date - 392 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #48 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 5
Numbering a List - 1929 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #207 / 651
  • Number of attempts: 9
Sort and add attributes - 1418 entries

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

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #81 / 551
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6825 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #423 / 1673
  • Number of attempts: 7
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