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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33483 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: #3972 / 7384
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18673 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3041 / 3852
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values inside brackets - 2477 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #449 / 573
  • Number of attempts: 2
Unsemantic linewrapping - 901 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #179 / 226
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4771 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1380 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2851 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #732 / 843
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add string initializers to an enum - 866 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #199 / 256
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10831 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #857 / 3055
  • Number of attempts: 3
Bad Copy Syntax - 2009 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #393 / 518
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3556 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #627 / 1151
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3711 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #747 / 839
  • Number of attempts: 5
Extract wireshark capture filter - 203 entries

Extract wireshark capture filter from IP plan

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #57 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7849 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1301 / 1870
  • Number of attempts: 3
Cool or not? - 802 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #199 / 228
  • Number of attempts: 2
html paragraph to table - 601 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 89
  • Position: #112 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11380 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2868 / 4174
  • Number of attempts: 4
Team names - 1812 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #516 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 648 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #149 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 795 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 / 387
  • Number of attempts: 2
change parenthesis - 287 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #117 / 160
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1146 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #229 / 262
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 15946 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3509 / 4166
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3181 / 3677
  • Number of attempts: 2
ASCII-art Histogram - 320 entries

Create an ASCCI-art histogram for the given numbers. Make sure not to leave trailing whitespaces. Thanks to VimGolf I recently discovered a feature of Vim thAT blew my mind. I'm curious to see what real ninjas make of it ;-)

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 88
  • Position: #48 / 57
  • Number of attempts: 2
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