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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: #1933 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18862 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3373 / 3896
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10930 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1080 / 3090
  • Number of attempts: 6
Extract argument from function - 2386 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #241 / 762
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 5074 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #891 / 1653
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #217 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11566 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #4111 / 4238
  • Number of attempts: 1
C Reformatting - 709 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #80 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2334 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10732 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2424 / 3707
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13014 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3733 / 3981
  • Number of attempts: 2
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1620 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #104 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 7
replacing each line of a block selection - 3028 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #416 / 784
  • Number of attempts: 4
Switch function arguments - 2192 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #588 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2015 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #190 / 654
  • Number of attempts: 5
Numbering a List - 1941 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #48 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3396 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7553 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #591 / 1863
  • Number of attempts: 1
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