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Search and Replace 0 - 4989 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #767 / 1624
  • Number of attempts: 4
Interweave two blocks of text - 659 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #156 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 3
The name of the game - 665 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #27 / 360
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1606 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #144 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 4
SFD-ROC: Pipe Dreams - 115 entries

Move the pipes so they match the output.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #34 / 47
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #7 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 2
Replacing some words - 428 entries

How fast could it be?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2 / 151
  • Number of attempts: 6
Sort the cardinal numbers - 310 entries

Maybe a simple challenge.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #105 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2005 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #426 / 650
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line Zipper - 473 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #211 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 1
Case preserving word replacement - 454 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #35 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort entries based on date - 392 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #81 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 2
imports alignment (python) - 700 entries

Align as one import per line.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #178 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 1
HTML to Haml - 878 entries

Help convert this HTML page to Haml.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #113 / 204
  • Number of attempts: 5
expand a list comprehension (python) - 333 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

  • Best score: 42
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #88 / 109
  • Number of attempts: 2
Numbering a List - 1931 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #593 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 2
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1244 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #320 / 406
  • Number of attempts: 1
Assignment Alignment - 883 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #180 / 220
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 1999 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #187 / 516
  • Number of attempts: 8
Reverse Simple Deletion - 847 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #383 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
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