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Played Challenges

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: 36
  • Position: #6728 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1451 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4826 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1300 / 1900
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10905 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #144 / 3079
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7956 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1321 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: #294 / 385
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2578 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #59 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 5
Learn some german verbs - 541 entries

The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #107 / 134
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5693 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1054 / 1271
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2609 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
replacing each line of a block selection - 3005 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #544 / 779
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1686 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #508 / 621
  • Number of attempts: 1
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