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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: #262 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #525 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 3
Test everything! - 213 entries

... and build the desired input data structure. Transform a list of values into a non-trivial format.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #48 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #347 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #895 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 3
quotes inside quotes - 3202 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: 14
  • Position: #252 / 1093
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2302 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 1
Switch function arguments - 2229 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #287 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 4
imports alignment (python) - 721 entries

Align as one import per line.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #69 / 202
  • Number of attempts: 6
Numbering a List - 1969 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #7 / 661
  • Number of attempts: 6
Assignment Alignment - 909 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #111 / 226
  • Number of attempts: 5
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 532 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #125 / 252
  • Number of attempts: 1
Deleting folded text - 428 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #102 / 130
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 14
  • Position: #1541 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: #146 / 1889
  • Number of attempts: 6
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