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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 25
  • Position: #3378 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #839 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #633 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #646 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 5
Tables, Functions, Sprocs - 152 entries

In order to load some scripts into my database in the correct order I need to load tables first (t_), then functions (fn_), then stored procedures (sp_). The order of the t_ lines and the order of the sp_ lines should also match. Reorder the lines so they will load correctly.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1 / 53
  • Number of attempts: 5
ninja substitution - 1439 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #27 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 4
Around the clock - 220 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: 14
  • Position: #45 / 81
  • Number of attempts: 3
Join 'em - 258 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #75 / 157
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove quotes after first field - 411 entries

Remove the quotes around each field except for the first field.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #56 / 96
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1201 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #170 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 1
If-then-else regexp - 62 entries

Rules: - golf is never following golf - vim comes first! Drawing a finite-state machine diagram could help. #regexp

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #1 / 16
  • Number of attempts: 5
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