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Played Challenges

Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #176 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 3
replacing each line of a block selection - 3007 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #24 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #10 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove noise from HTTP log - 729 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #82 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #101 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 3
The meaning - 577 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #65 / 364
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #144 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 4
Generate English Alphabets - 508 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #115 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1067 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #264 / 671
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13274 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1180 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 2
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