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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 23
  • Position: #2584 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1703 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4885 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #462 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2951 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #478 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2924 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #493 / 647
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2429 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #357 / 773
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2649 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #531 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2402 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1052 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #74 / 400
  • Number of attempts: 2
Format java properties - 106 entries

Format java properties to a different format. The value which is the string following the first '=' cannot & should not change. All periods in the key get replaced with an underscore "_" and get a prefix of "b_".

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #23 / 39
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8021 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #928 / 2158
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap assigned value - 695 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #181 / 263
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #985 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2197 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2377 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2229 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #301 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1210 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the Haiku - 331 entries

Change this slightly scrambled haiku to its unscrambled form and fix the capitalisation and punctuation along the way.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #61 / 116
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reinaldo Astudillo
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Math gangsta. PhD student at @tudelft. Over the mountain watching the watcher

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