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Played Challenges

Quicksort - 1964 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: #68 / 433
  • Number of attempts: 13
Remove line numbers - 736 entries

From http://web.archive.org/web/20140831121704/http://dirac.org/linux/gdb/02a-Memory_Layout_And_The_Stack.php#investigatingthestackwithgdb.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #47 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 8
Find fix point of cos - 1403 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: #57 / 416
  • Number of attempts: 5
Substraction (bis) - 603 entries

Solve the equations (adapted from the original @Caek_'s challenge).

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #22 / 113
  • Number of attempts: 12
Many duplicates - 1445 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #271 / 468
  • Number of attempts: 3
delete swap - 1786 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #307 / 555
  • Number of attempts: 1
simple replacements - 1753 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #86 / 380
  • Number of attempts: 14
Inverting Lines - 1900 entries

A simple challenge to invert all lines, except the first.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #214 / 511
  • Number of attempts: 4
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #131 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 4
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