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switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #55 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 5
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1009 entries

convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #65 / 193
  • Number of attempts: 4
formatted text to markdown - 184 entries

You're converting some posts from an old blog to markdown. The formatted text is far closer to the finished product than the html markup, so it seems like a good place to start. Word wrapping seems to be the main area for optimization.

  • Best score: 70
  • Best player score: 75
  • Position: #20 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 4
Line Zipper - 473 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #88 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 4
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 166 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #18 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 3
Generate English Alphabets - 487 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #53 / 206
  • Number of attempts: 4
Numbering a List - 1931 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #346 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 4
Compile C - 430 entries

You might have to get clever to do this one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #125 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12811 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #15 / 3694
  • Number of attempts: 4
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