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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33969 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: #1084 / 7502
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #190 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1171 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 5
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #521 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 2
multiple cursor alternative - 1556 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: 20
  • Position: #125 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 4
From argument to object - 1552 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: 17
  • Position: #58 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #345 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #986 / 4243
  • Number of attempts: 3
Missing Library and a Typo - 952 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #15 / 222
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #569 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #314 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 6
Array transposition - 2472 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #326 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #330 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16178 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #633 / 4217
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1182 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13029 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1626 / 3985
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13521 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1654 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 2
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