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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: #46 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 5
Extract argument from function - 2427 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #133 / 772
  • Number of attempts: 4
That hyphen - 2646 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #330 / 711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1942 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make HTML List - 1072 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #244 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5736 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #406 / 1280
  • Number of attempts: 12
Vice versa - 8019 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #16 / 2157
  • Number of attempts: 4
Mirror Symmetry - 844 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #28 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #59 / 1200
  • Number of attempts: 4
camel riding - 815 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #189 / 284
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1693 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #176 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 7
Fix the XML - 1050 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #23 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 5
Line 'em up! - 427 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: 17
  • Position: #20 / 116
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #231 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1052 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #113 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #766 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 2
attr_aligner - 3566 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #98 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 12
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #593 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2940 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #134 / 1889
  • Number of attempts: 7
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