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Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #927 / 1630
  • Number of attempts: 3
The name of the game - 668 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #360 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1267 / 1749
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #207 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove dupes from array - 1358 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #304 / 336
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1935 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #512 / 654
  • Number of attempts: 1
The holy-grail may help - 372 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #198 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sorting paragraphs - 552 entries

Order the paragraphs correctly, per prefixed index

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #83 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 6
The Cake is a Lie - 1361 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #424 / 531
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12965 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3159 / 3732
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7134 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #1605 / 1751
  • Number of attempts: 1
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