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Played Challenges

C# function to F# - 7 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: #3 / 4
  • Number of attempts: 2
C# data class to F# record - 51 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: #12 / 12
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get mail address from outlook format - 549 entries

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

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #77 / 170
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reconstruct the actual output from my unit test tool report - 121 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: #26 / 41
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 5802 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1163 / 1428
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18278 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2459 / 3768
  • Number of attempts: 2
Quote modules - 981 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #148 / 250
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2404 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #298 / 555
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10452 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #876 / 2961
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3426 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #742 / 1110
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3287 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #435 / 743
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7640 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #1572 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4580 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #645 / 1516
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11080 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3543 / 4091
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1759 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #257 / 565
  • 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 - 2066 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: #626 / 632
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment each number - 940 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #136 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 3
Join 'em - 211 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #68 / 123
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3077 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #998 / 1099
  • Number of attempts: 1
A simple change - 377 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #131 / 168
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alphabet soup - 337 entries

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

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #70 / 80
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 4865 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #604 / 1689
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse Simple Deletion - 740 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #341 / 419
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 11391 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1770 / 3347
  • Number of attempts: 4

Contributed Challenges

C# data class to F# record - 51 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# - 7 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