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Played Challenges

Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 867 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #356 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 32
  • Position: #141 / 157
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat some Python - 652 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #84 / 246
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 843 entries

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

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #117 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 2
PEP8 Python Wrapping Comments and Code - 241 entries

According to PEP8, long flowy text and code should have different max line lengths. Code: 79 characters max Long flowy text: 72 characters max

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #66 / 74
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1784 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #271 / 653
  • Number of attempts: 3
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 4035 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #725 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13606 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #787 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 2
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