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Played Challenges

C# function to F# - 9 entries

Converting from C# to F# is not hard, but requires some manual labor. Here you should convert a C# function using a C# class to a F# function using a C# class.

  • Best score: 108
  • Best player score: 128
  • Position: #5 / 6
  • Number of attempts: 2
C# data class to F# record - 55 entries

Converting from C# to F# is not hard, but requires some manual labor. Here you should convert from a C# data class to a F# record.

  • Best score: 63
  • Best player score: 119
  • Position: #13 / 13
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get mail address from outlook format - 589 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #86 / 181
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reconstruct the actual output from my unit test tool report - 131 entries

When a test fails, my unit test tool reports differences between the actual output and the expected output as follow: - line in the expected output but missing in the actual output are prefixed with a dash - unexpected lines in the actual output are prefixed with a plus sign - comments added by the unit test tool are prefixed with a question mark - common lines are showed `as-is` (well, almost;) From that "diff" format, I would like to reconstruct the actual output.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #28 / 44
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 5948 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1191 / 1460
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18369 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2474 / 3786
  • Number of attempts: 2
Quote modules - 1013 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #154 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2424 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #300 / 559
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10527 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #881 / 2986
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3450 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #746 / 1119
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3369 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #445 / 758
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7678 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #1579 / 1834
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4644 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #645 / 1539
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11124 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3557 / 4109
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1773 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #257 / 569
  • Number of attempts: 2
JSON string rotation - 51 entries

Right value strings are misplaced. Just rotate them! I'm too kind with you guys and didn't included "strings with \" in it"!

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #14 / 18
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2091 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #634 / 640
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment each number - 946 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #136 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 3
Join 'em - 228 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #73 / 134
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3111 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1007 / 1111
  • Number of attempts: 1
A simple change - 393 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #136 / 174
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alphabet soup - 386 entries

Create a column of all alphabet characters organized in a funky way

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #78 / 91
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 4903 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #604 / 1699
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse Simple Deletion - 754 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #342 / 427
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 11594 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1781 / 3403
  • Number of attempts: 4

Contributed Challenges

C# data class to F# record - 55 entries

Converting from C# to F# is not hard, but requires some manual labor. Here you should convert from a C# data class to a F# record.

C# function to F# - 9 entries

Converting from C# to F# is not hard, but requires some manual labor. Here you should convert a C# function using a C# class to a F# function using a C# class.

Robin Abrahamsson
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Writing code, will start to write about it soon https://t.co/mcme0mItZU. Right now mostly F#. Drinking game made with Elixir and Elm https://t.co/7YZgT2aJNm

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contributed 2 challenges