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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 4637 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1346 / 1536
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort the cardinal numbers - 268 entries

Maybe a simple challenge.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #12 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 2
HTML to Haml - 788 entries

Help convert this HTML page to Haml.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #158 / 196
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1825 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #592 / 622
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 1763 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: 19
  • Position: #364 / 466
  • Number of attempts: 3
Change the content of a string - 1341 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #455 / 517
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort and add attributes - 1171 entries

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

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #401 / 479
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1120 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: 26
  • Position: #299 / 343
  • Number of attempts: 2
Braces or Brackets? - 682 entries

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

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #213 / 249
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 2928 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #432 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 2
Flodder-challenge - 870 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #256 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 11587 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3046 / 3400
  • Number of attempts: 2
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