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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3848 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1046 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2383 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4818 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1685 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2916 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #549 / 705
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2389 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #1128 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 869 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #224 / 293
  • Number of attempts: 1
Combines all items - 313 entries

For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #112 / 140
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1763 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paragraph breaks - 522 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #128 / 167
  • Number of attempts: 2
comments galore - 1048 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #214 / 425
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #828 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1659 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #362 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2180 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #975 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2183 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3116 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13013 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2758 / 3744
  • Number of attempts: 1
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