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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 27
  • Position: #4001 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #3661 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #143 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #555 / 892
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #63 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 9
Cool or not? - 842 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #153 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 6
html paragraph to table - 612 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #84 / 128
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2376 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #372 / 759
  • Number of attempts: 10
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #697 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2241 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #458 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete to the end of the current line - 855 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #317 / 411
  • Number of attempts: 2
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