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Simple, Practical, and Common - 32962 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 23
Position: #2643 / 7276
Number of attempts: 12

Swap values - 4440 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #297 / 1241
Number of attempts: 8

One number per line - 18395 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #570 / 3793
Number of attempts: 13

Swap values inside brackets - 2433 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #58 / 561
Number of attempts: 8

Unsemantic linewrapping - 837 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #49 / 210
Number of attempts: 10

V to the i - 4641 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1401 / 1857
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2751 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #398 / 815
Number of attempts: 6

Add string initializers to an enum - 774 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #29 / 228
Number of attempts: 11

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1120 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #76 / 233
Number of attempts: 9

Add semicolons - 10545 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 14
Position: #2060 / 2989
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 1938 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #129 / 493
Number of attempts: 12

Split line with dots - 2103 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 26
Position: #554 / 623
Number of attempts: 2

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3454 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #316 / 1121
Number of attempts: 5

Com(m)a Trouble - 3410 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #439 / 764
Number of attempts: 5

Box it - 7682 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #680 / 1836
Number of attempts: 11

Cool or not? - 761 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #50 / 216
Number of attempts: 6

multiple cursor alternative - 1447 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

Best score: 19
Best player score: 19
Position: #77 / 369
Number of attempts: 10

From argument to object - 1262 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #125 / 417
Number of attempts: 10

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 711 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #41 / 167
Number of attempts: 8

Every other line - 2829 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #49 / 686
Number of attempts: 9

Copy three lines - 2801 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #146 / 625
Number of attempts: 8

Search and Replace 0 - 4681 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #624 / 1550
Number of attempts: 5

Just the middle - 11141 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2917 / 4114
Number of attempts: 4

Team names - 1780 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #303 / 571
Number of attempts: 3

Basic renumbering - 5436 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #198 / 1228
Number of attempts: 6

ninja substitution - 1302 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #52 / 248
Number of attempts: 14

Vice versa - 7536 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #505 / 2049
Number of attempts: 5

One to Ten - 2095 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #203 / 642
Number of attempts: 2

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 604 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #50 / 192
Number of attempts: 6

Line under headers - 1918 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 27
Position: #125 / 472
Number of attempts: 5

Increment each number - 946 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 20
Position: #132 / 233
Number of attempts: 2

Delete to the end of the current line - 713 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #191 / 349
Number of attempts: 3

change parenthesis - 251 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #67 / 140
Number of attempts: 2

Put the months in order - 915 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #9 / 155
Number of attempts: 24

Reorder the groups - 1112 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #56 / 252
Number of attempts: 12

Array transposition - 2312 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #21 / 431
Number of attempts: 23

Collect List - 4184 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #453 / 1167
Number of attempts: 7

I forgot quotes - 15748 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #945 / 4116
Number of attempts: 14

-a-b-c- - 3118 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #272 / 1112
Number of attempts: 6

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10538 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1444 / 3638
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 12736 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1027 / 3919
Number of attempts: 3

switch variable - 4945 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #584 / 1708
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 11657 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #606 / 3418
Number of attempts: 4