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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: #3370 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18799 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3447 / 3881
  • Number of attempts: 3
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 200 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #21 / 103
  • Number of attempts: 4
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #410 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #174 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 5
Bad Copy Syntax - 2052 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #447 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3614 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #268 / 1173
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #718 / 886
  • Number of attempts: 5
Extract wireshark capture filter - 220 entries

Extract wireshark capture filter from IP plan

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #41 / 74
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #1502 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 2
ninja substitution - 1424 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #110 / 268
  • Number of attempts: 9
One to Ten - 2240 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: 12
  • Position: #168 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1420 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1022 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 4
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