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Played Challenges

Create json from a .env file - 1658 entries

A simple everyday task.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 58
Position: #171 / 407
Number of attempts: 1

YAML to dotenv - 1600 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 46
Position: #291 / 335
Number of attempts: 1

Change class fields from snake case to camel case - 318 entries

Change the class fields in this Scala class from snake case to camel case

Best score: 13
Best player score: 20
Position: #105 / 120
Number of attempts: 3

Reorganize Pokémon - 871 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 27
Position: #193 / 239
Number of attempts: 2

Move list of uuids into a SQL query - 245 entries

Take the list of UUIDs and use them as a filter in the where statement of a SQL query

Best score: 57
Best player score: 68
Position: #46 / 82
Number of attempts: 1

Search different SQL column with similar where clause - 360 entries

Replace a column in the where clause and convert all numbers from text to numeric, by replacing the leading 0 with the code 359.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 31
Position: #62 / 85
Number of attempts: 3

Remove adjacent duplicates - 718 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 47
Position: #160 / 179
Number of attempts: 1

Move to corresponding lines - 324 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 31
Position: #60 / 75
Number of attempts: 1

Rearrange array to single level - 1814 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 30
Position: #191 / 306
Number of attempts: 1

Copy punctuation - 736 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 39
Position: #102 / 179
Number of attempts: 5

Deleting text - 342 entries

Delete everything except some specific numbers.

Best score: 26
Best player score: 46
Position: #64 / 110
Number of attempts: 1

New teacher - 1513 entries

Update the details of the new CS teacher.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 26
Position: #176 / 318
Number of attempts: 1

months to html list items - 1146 entries

Turn the months into list items.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #189 / 310
Number of attempts: 1

Find fix point of cos - 1485 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #267 / 434
Number of attempts: 2

Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #1111 / 1291
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values inside brackets - 2549 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 20
Position: #425 / 593
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2929 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 22
Position: #757 / 866
Number of attempts: 3

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1273 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

Best score: 19
Best player score: 31
Position: #205 / 266
Number of attempts: 1

Com(m)a Trouble - 3990 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 24
Position: #730 / 909
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 18
Position: #655 / 708
Number of attempts: 4

Flip the bit - 141 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 10
Position: #76 / 80
Number of attempts: 1

Todo list specification - 409 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 40
Position: #169 / 185
Number of attempts: 1

Build a six - 315 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #88 / 102
Number of attempts: 1

Increment each number - 1067 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 38
Position: #242 / 260
Number of attempts: 2

abcd > a b c d - 300 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #211 / 229
Number of attempts: 1

A simple change - 481 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #156 / 198
Number of attempts: 2

Vertical Limit - 2634 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #733 / 776
Number of attempts: 2

Switch function arguments - 2204 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 15
Position: #596 / 681
Number of attempts: 1

Generate English Alphabets - 524 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 27
Position: #172 / 214
Number of attempts: 3

Insert a Markdown link - 473 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 28
Position: #128 / 157
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat most common surnames - 822 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

Best score: 23
Best player score: 42
Position: #188 / 236
Number of attempts: 1

Remember FizzBuzz? - 802 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

Best score: 39
Best player score: 95
Position: #188 / 206
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1779 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 23
Position: #357 / 651
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #2239 / 3892
Number of attempts: 2

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7649 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 56
Position: #1638 / 1882
Number of attempts: 1