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Played Challenges

Quicksort - 2002 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #21 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 9
EDN reformat - 1158 entries

The goal is to make the code more readable and concise while maintaining its functionality.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #27 / 164
  • Number of attempts: 20
Find fix point of cos - 1408 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #47 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 3
HS exam question - 1589 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #41 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 9
Reformat symbols in list - 1625 entries

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #203 / 349
  • Number of attempts: 3
Poorly indented Python comments - 1316 entries

Fix the alignment of some Python comments as quickly as possible.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #43 / 222
  • Number of attempts: 16
Fix the shell script! - 2596 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #115 / 603
  • Number of attempts: 8
Transpose a python matrix - 873 entries

Rotate the matrix in 90 degrees.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #39 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 18
Python dataclasses - 1187 entries

Simple challenge to extract fields from a Python class

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #61 / 294
  • Number of attempts: 13
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #472 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1132 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 2
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