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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18361 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2897 / 3785
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12719 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #286 / 3913
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort the cardinal numbers - 268 entries

Maybe a simple challenge.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #7 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 3
formatted text to markdown - 180 entries

You're converting some posts from an old blog to markdown. The formatted text is far closer to the finished product than the html markup, so it seems like a good place to start. Word wrapping seems to be the main area for optimization.

  • Best score: 70
  • Best player score: 92
  • Position: #63 / 65
  • Number of attempts: 1
Case preserving word replacement - 434 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #11 / 174
  • Number of attempts: 4

Contributed Challenges

formatted text to markdown - 180 entries

You're converting some posts from an old blog to markdown. The formatted text is far closer to the finished product than the html markup, so it seems like a good place to start. Word wrapping seems to be the main area for optimization.

Chad Ostrowski
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