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Played Challenges

Reformat some Python - 637 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #139 / 243
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat a C golf submission - 631 entries

Take this C golf submission (for the "tiny but standards-compliant Hello World program" category, naturally), and turn it into formatted C code.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #98 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 811 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #111 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat most common surnames - 805 entries

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

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #141 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 3
Flodder-challenge - 1458 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #270 / 372
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3414 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 1
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