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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: 31
  • Position: #5532 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4651 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1120 / 1278
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2666 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10905 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1799 / 3079
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #503 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1547 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #291 / 385
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1534 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #210 / 465
  • Number of attempts: 4
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #474 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 1
Todo list specification - 404 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #129 / 182
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5693 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #965 / 1271
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 873 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #200 / 294
  • Number of attempts: 2
Paragraph sort - 450 entries

My large herbivorous mammals, Vim commands, and POSIX utilities need to be sorted separately.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #93 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2430 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #321 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4312 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #837 / 1193
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1636 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 2
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