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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: 22
  • Position: #1916 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1071 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18797 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #982 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add string initializers to an enum - 884 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #17 / 261
  • Number of attempts: 5
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1240 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #10 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #205 / 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: 19
  • Position: #112 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3614 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #285 / 1173
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #195 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line under headers - 2072 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #117 / 510
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #926 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 5
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