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Played Challenges

Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1826 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2810 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #70 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 4
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #407 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 5
Letter case trickery - 1644 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #421 / 520
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3182 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #408 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1299 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13134 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2454 / 3776
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7258 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #367 / 1790
  • Number of attempts: 4
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I should maybe make some apologies

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