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Played Challenges

From brakets to parens - 1306 entries

This is one of the most common problem when you wrap an array for error handling. Vim is useful when you convert foo[i][j][k] into foo(i, j, k) for many times.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #10 / 295
  • Number of attempts: 7
Create json from a .env file - 1716 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #97 / 416
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reordering properties - 1372 entries

Arrange the CSS lines for the #topbar selector based on their complete line length, from shortest to longest.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 52
  • Position: #86 / 298
  • Number of attempts: 8
Changing date formats - 751 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #61 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 5
YAML to dotenv - 1637 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #81 / 342
  • Number of attempts: 7
The Fibonacci Spacer - 172 entries

Split the words, remove punctuation and add spaces before each line following the Fibonacci sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #32 / 52
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reorganize Pokémon - 880 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #26 / 242
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy punctuation - 747 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #74 / 183
  • Number of attempts: 5
lamb had a little Mary - 659 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #85 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 5
Change the content of a string - 1803 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #242 / 656
  • 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: #2090 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 2
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