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Played Challenges

Swap values - 4644 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1013 / 1275
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4824 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #363 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3764 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #529 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1819 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1069 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #165 / 428
  • Number of attempts: 1
From A to B - 591 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #101 / 159
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #202 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3887 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #955 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 7
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2321 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13092 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2852 / 3765
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7229 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #1003 / 1778
  • Number of attempts: 2
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