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Played Challenges

A simple change - 484 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #66 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 2
SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 212 entries

Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #46 / 110
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 456 entries

Someone has vandalized this text file and replaced the beginning character of one word in each line with a Big "X." Please remove the big X's, and fix each line to read "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog."

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #115 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 1
The name of the game - 696 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #36 / 369
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1642 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #158 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: Pipe Dreams - 137 entries

Move the pipes so they match the output.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #37 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 3
Stairs Indenting - 502 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #69 / 202
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python to Ruby - 217 entries

Convert this Python code to Ruby. NOTE: This program likely won't run.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #1 / 63
  • Number of attempts: 11
you're stuck on jQuery < 1.7 - 401 entries

replace calls to jQuery 1.7+'s `on` with calls to pre 1.7 `bind`

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #21 / 116
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vertical Limit - 2637 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #213 / 778
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 2103 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #273 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 1
Compile C - 454 entries

You might have to get clever to do this one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #69 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1049 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 4
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