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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #940 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 3
Exchanging Quotes - 858 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #126 / 230
  • 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: 16
  • Position: #358 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 3
A Simple One - 1057 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #268 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1600 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #454 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13013 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #979 / 3744
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7173 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #966 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 4
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