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Remove adjacent duplicates - 541 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #66 / 140
  • Number of attempts: 3
Move to corresponding lines - 257 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #54 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy punctuation - 536 entries

I want to copy the last line’s brackets, quotes, and commas to each line. How?

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #113 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 1
months to html list items - 1064 entries

Turn the months into list items.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #233 / 289
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quicksort - 2005 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #347 / 442
  • Number of attempts: 1
Find fix point of cos - 1408 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #214 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 2
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 561 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #194 / 314
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2557 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #398 / 558
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wikitext headings to markdown - 987 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 66
  • Position: #187 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 2
Andrey Rakhubovsky
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