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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33965 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: #4577 / 7501
  • Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4853 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #256 / 1909
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #571 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2045 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 6
Make HTML List - 1071 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #202 / 275
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1021 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7997 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1481 / 2152
  • Number of attempts: 3
Mirror Symmetry - 830 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #35 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 7
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #696 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 8
camel riding - 796 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #226 / 282
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1687 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #280 / 452
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fix the XML - 1050 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #164 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1619 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #323 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2760 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #599 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple text editing with Vim - 13512 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2338 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 4
Jesse Atkinson
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Detroit native. Software engineer at @MeetEarnest. Vim & Fish shell enthusiast. Music & film buff. Ornery about whitespace.

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