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Played Challenges

Rearrange array to single level - 1720 entries

The goal is to flatten the array into a single list and remove any empty elements.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 130
  • Position: #278 / 289
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rearrange array to one line - 807 entries

Rearrange the array content on only one line, and remove trailing commas

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #148 / 190
  • Number of attempts: 4
Copy punctuation - 682 entries

I want to copy the last line’s brackets, quotes, and commas to each line. How?

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 92
  • Position: #156 / 166
  • Number of attempts: 2
Deleting text - 329 entries

Delete everything except some specific numbers.

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #91 / 103
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count words - 112 entries

Merge duplicates and count each word.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 223
  • Position: #24 / 25
  • Number of attempts: 1
Format a long line - 125 entries

Reformat long lines (gq), textwidth=78, no trailing spaces.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 485
  • Position: #34 / 34
  • Number of attempts: 1
New teacher - 1465 entries

Update the details of the new CS teacher.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #301 / 306
  • Number of attempts: 2
Replace word while reserving first letter case - 663 entries

Window -> Door window -> door Windows -> Windows windows -> windows

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #112 / 126
  • Number of attempts: 1
months to html list items - 1130 entries

Turn the months into list items.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #282 / 306
  • Number of attempts: 3
Quicksort - 2095 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #367 / 465
  • Number of attempts: 2
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