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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18377 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 27
Position: #3416 / 3787
Number of attempts: 1

Add semicolons - 10539 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 17
Position: #2496 / 2988
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 4651 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #97 / 1541
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11136 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #3416 / 4112
Number of attempts: 1

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 897 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

Best score: 39
Best player score: 44
Position: #201 / 350
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 15728 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 14
Position: #1659 / 4114
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 12736 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #3481 / 3919
Number of attempts: 1

replacing each line of a block selection - 2791 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 27
Position: #539 / 732
Number of attempts: 2

un-C-escape string - 54 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #11 / 48
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 4917 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #994 / 1701
Number of attempts: 1

Replacing some words - 412 entries

How fast could it be?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 31
Position: #111 / 145
Number of attempts: 1

Case preserving word replacement - 436 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: 23
Position: #124 / 175
Number of attempts: 1

imports alignment (python) - 640 entries

Align as one import per line.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 30
Position: #144 / 191
Number of attempts: 1

It'ss tooo coold too typpe todaay - 207 entries

My hands are numb with cold. It's hard to type correctly.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 25
Position: #89 / 93
Number of attempts: 1

Rotating Philosophers Problem - 376 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

Best score: 29
Best player score: 32
Position: #105 / 159
Number of attempts: 2

HTML to Haml - 800 entries

Help convert this HTML page to Haml.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 56
Position: #181 / 197
Number of attempts: 1

expand a list comprehension (python) - 276 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

Best score: 42
Best player score: 66
Position: #87 / 103
Number of attempts: 1

Generate English Alphabets - 438 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 25
Position: #92 / 194
Number of attempts: 1

Insert a Markdown link - 411 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #98 / 139
Number of attempts: 2

Numbering a List - 1828 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 26
Position: #531 / 625
Number of attempts: 1

Java Array2List - 218 entries

Convert an java array initializer into a list.

Best score: 67
Best player score: 123
Position: #67 / 82
Number of attempts: 1

The holy-grail may help - 315 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #164 / 194
Number of attempts: 1

Shebangs for all - 1771 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: 16
Position: #275 / 467
Number of attempts: 1

A Simple One - 923 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #172 / 611
Number of attempts: 1

Ruby 1.9 compat - 590 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

Best score: 14
Best player score: 18
Position: #158 / 225
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse Simple Deletion - 758 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 15
Position: #388 / 429
Number of attempts: 1

Increment, increment, increment.... - 567 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #153 / 370
Number of attempts: 1

Context insensitive completion 0 - 468 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 10
Position: #197 / 221
Number of attempts: 1

Context Insensitive completion 1 - 427 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #159 / 222
Number of attempts: 1

Almost encrypted - 180 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 7
Position: #133 / 136
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse characters in a line - 645 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: 13
Position: #21 / 236
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1346 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #383 / 520
Number of attempts: 2

Sort and add attributes - 1189 entries

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

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #263 / 483
Number of attempts: 1

Reconstruct the Sentence - 1141 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 23
Position: #235 / 346
Number of attempts: 2

Braces or Brackets? - 710 entries

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

Best score: 34
Best player score: 47
Position: #143 / 253
Number of attempts: 1

Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 2979 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 34
Position: #540 / 663
Number of attempts: 1

Flodder-challenge - 901 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Best score: 27
Best player score: 45
Position: #228 / 270
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 11624 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #777 / 3410
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6004 entries

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

Best score: 32
Best player score: 52
Position: #1275 / 1480
Number of attempts: 1

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