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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #4015 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3062 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values inside brackets - 2539 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #463 / 590
  • Number of attempts: 2
Unsemantic linewrapping - 943 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: #183 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1390 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2920 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #751 / 864
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add string initializers to an enum - 899 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #205 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #867 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 3
Bad Copy Syntax - 2072 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #406 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #637 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #801 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 5
Extract wireshark capture filter - 234 entries

Extract wireshark capture filter from IP plan

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #61 / 76
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1319 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 3
Cool or not? - 852 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #205 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 2
html paragraph to table - 634 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 89
  • Position: #114 / 130
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2879 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 4
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #523 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 679 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: #153 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 865 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #338 / 415
  • Number of attempts: 2
change parenthesis - 301 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #120 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1195 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #234 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3544 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3204 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 2
ASCII-art Histogram - 333 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: #49 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 2
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