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Played Challenges

Fix the git merge conflicts - 332 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #69 / 98
  • Number of attempts: 2
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 855 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #432 / 442
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 5089 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1271 / 1658
  • Number of attempts: 2
Get rid of html tags - 451 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #147 / 256
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1761 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #572 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and add attributes - 1561 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #583 / 604
  • Number of attempts: 1
Braces or Brackets? - 1147 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #271 / 353
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #501 / 848
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13468 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2646 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7564 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #1476 / 1865
  • Number of attempts: 1
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