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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 29
  • Position: #4592 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1777 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Lower cased and dashed strings - 54 entries

As I have to generate big fixtures files, I wanted to find a way to format input data the way described by start and end files. Especially the lower-cased-and-dashed ids Not so good to find a pure Vim way, that's why I submit this challenge ;)

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 101
  • Position: #19 / 23
  • Number of attempts: 3
camel riding - 817 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #220 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 1
readability - 342 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #24 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove all lines in first part - 226 entries

From the second part, remove all lines in the first part. It can be useful when you have done something from a long list, you want to know what is not done yet!

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #48 / 70
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the XML - 1052 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #206 / 292
  • Number of attempts: 2
Shuffled numbers - 256 entries

Each number is paired with the number it should follow. That's enough information to put them in order.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #60 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2745 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1475 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 2
Increment, increment, increment.... - 709 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #313 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 2
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