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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33483 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1251 / 7384
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4554 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #447 / 1259
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18673 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1775 / 3852
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array propagate - 332 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #4 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2572 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #244 / 698
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11380 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2591 / 4174
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1812 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #105 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 1
Subnetting - 112 entries

Split up the IP addresses in the right way.

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #23 / 37
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 860 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #132 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5605 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #280 / 1260
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7865 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #345 / 2114
  • Number of attempts: 4
Array transposition - 2407 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #196 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 3
Mirror Symmetry - 812 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #166 / 268
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1233 / 3677
  • Number of attempts: 1
Append semicolon after expressions - 1023 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #236 / 410
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12491 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1628 / 3626
  • Number of attempts: 1
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