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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 29
  • Position: #4921 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3082 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 2
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1231 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #168 / 254
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10889 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1222 / 3076
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2050 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #295 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3610 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #719 / 1172
  • Number of attempts: 5
Com(m)a Trouble - 3890 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #404 / 882
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #711 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2981 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1915 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 6
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #400 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3819 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 15
  • Position: #2157 / 3765
  • Number of attempts: 3
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