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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33695 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: #3901 / 7435
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4637 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1145 / 1272
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #337 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 10
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2890 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #302 / 855
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #125 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 9
Box it - 7915 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1129 / 1880
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1509 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #64 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #490 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11477 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1015 / 4206
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #30 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 8
Todo list specification - 399 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #156 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 5
Back to the roots - 63 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #9 / 38
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 893 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #191 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple addition - 326 entries

The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #35 / 122
  • Number of attempts: 5
create arrows in a list - 117 entries

Add arrow at same distance

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #47 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 1
Create a table - 332 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #82 / 105
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add Go XML to structure tags - 172 entries

The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #44 / 70
  • Number of attempts: 1
Not enough Ps - 67 entries

Different type of code

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #20 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2598 / 4188
  • Number of attempts: 3
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #258 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 881 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #194 / 437
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2261 / 3687
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12957 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3481 / 3967
  • Number of attempts: 4
The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #271 / 363
  • Number of attempts: 2

Contributed Challenges

Back to the roots - 63 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

Andrei Gasparovici
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entered into 24 challenges

contributed 1 challenges