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Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #796 / 1674
  • Number of attempts: 3
Interweave two blocks of text - 692 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: 21
  • Position: #184 / 217
  • Number of attempts: 1
constructor - 198 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 107
  • Position: #38 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #696 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line Zipper - 480 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #80 / 217
  • Number of attempts: 3
Numbering a List - 1969 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #228 / 661
  • Number of attempts: 4
Context insensitive completion 0 - 605 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #63 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 5
Compile C - 454 entries

You might have to get clever to do this one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #58 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #54 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 20
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #226 / 1889
  • Number of attempts: 12
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