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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4650 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #910 / 1863
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5486 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #597 / 1243
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3142 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #489 / 1120
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 985 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #313 / 347
  • Number of attempts: 1
Where should I put the Newline? - 852 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #317 / 426
  • Number of attempts: 1
Pairs of numbers - 347 entries

Line 1 represents x, line 2 y-data. Bring the corresponding pairs in the form "[x,y]\n"

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #95 / 131
  • Number of attempts: 1
Minimalist Limerick - 510 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #143 / 169
  • Number of attempts: 1
Groups magic - 144 entries

Regexp or macros for string converting: (a) -> ___ (abc) -> ____ (abcd) -> ______ All in the '(' replace to _ multiply by char count + ()

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #55 / 86
  • Number of attempts: 1
NATO phonetic alphabet - 491 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #113 / 186
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1534 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #357 / 432
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2389 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #604 / 724
  • Number of attempts: 2
replacing each line of a block selection - 2883 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #226 / 756
  • Number of attempts: 4
Switch function arguments - 2002 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #379 / 634
  • Number of attempts: 1
Append semicolon after expressions - 975 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #214 / 394
  • Number of attempts: 1
constructor - 178 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 82
  • Position: #16 / 57
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 4996 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #694 / 1723
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 538 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #243 / 346
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replacing some words - 418 entries

How fast could it be?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #9 / 147
  • Number of attempts: 4
Make it more readable - 1928 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #221 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove dupes from array - 1324 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #124 / 328
  • Number of attempts: 4
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 2 - 95 entries

Same class but reverse!

  • Best score: 80
  • Best player score: 103
  • Position: #11 / 37
  • Number of attempts: 6
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 151 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #26 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 2
Numbering a List - 1845 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #293 / 634
  • Number of attempts: 4
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1194 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #250 / 392
  • Number of attempts: 3
Shebangs for all - 1804 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #188 / 475
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse Simple Deletion - 822 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #180 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1259 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #395 / 504
  • Number of attempts: 2
Flodder-challenge - 985 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #67 / 287
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 11865 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2009 / 3472
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6225 entries

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

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #468 / 1533
  • Number of attempts: 2
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