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Played Challenges

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: 30
  • Position: #5295 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2529 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1386 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #791 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #207 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3944 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #396 / 894
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #1070 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 3
html paragraph to table - 612 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #62 / 128
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2868 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 1
Around the clock - 199 entries

You'll want to use 2 special commands to complete this. If you haven't yet, read through 'input.txt', especially :help simple-changes

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #59 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 2
Join 'em - 252 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #65 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mute the second method of this script - 455 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #133 / 239
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1869 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 2
learn vim in short time - 242 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #146 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2397 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 2
The meaning - 577 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #347 / 364
  • Number of attempts: 1
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