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Played Challenges

replacing each line of a block selection - 3068 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #313 / 789
  • Number of attempts: 1
constructor - 198 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #10 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #37 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 5
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1046 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #96 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 4
Replacing some words - 445 entries

How fast could it be?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #37 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 5
Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #225 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove dupes from array - 1377 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: 19
  • Position: #110 / 341
  • Number of attempts: 3
PHP Array Syntax -> MailChimp Merge Syntax - 569 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: 23
  • Position: #9 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort entries based on date - 432 entries

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

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #94 / 121
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat some Python - 659 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #55 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 1
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