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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: 22
  • Position: #1635 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18896 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3524 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2929 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #363 / 866
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10955 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #840 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3649 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #534 / 1184
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 8002 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #474 / 1900
  • Number of attempts: 4
Tables, Functions, Sprocs - 147 entries

In order to load some scripts into my database in the correct order I need to load tables first (t_), then functions (fn_), then stored procedures (sp_). The order of the t_ lines and the order of the sp_ lines should also match. Reorder the lines so they will load correctly.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #44 / 52
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3368 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5732 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #886 / 1278
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8014 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1138 / 2154
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2249 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: 14
  • Position: #415 / 687
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 867 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #312 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reorder the groups - 1199 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #102 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 4
move titles next to url, in quotes - 562 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #103 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4336 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #637 / 1198
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line 'em up! - 426 entries

It can be so hard to keep everything neatly lined-up. Somebody clearly hasn't bothered here. Tidy it up, please!

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #88 / 115
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1840 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
-a-b-c- - 3240 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #862 / 1146
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10752 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3086 / 3713
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3201 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: 17
  • Position: #931 / 1092
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2254 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 2
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