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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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: 23
Position: #2679 / 7364
Number of attempts: 12

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #297 / 1257
Number of attempts: 8

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #570 / 3842
Number of attempts: 13

Swap values inside brackets - 2464 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #58 / 569
Number of attempts: 8

Unsemantic linewrapping - 890 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: 9
Position: #49 / 224
Number of attempts: 10

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1413 / 1879
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #414 / 840
Number of attempts: 6

Add string initializers to an enum - 862 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #29 / 254
Number of attempts: 11

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1181 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: 20
Position: #80 / 244
Number of attempts: 9

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 14
Position: #2106 / 3044
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2001 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #132 / 516
Number of attempts: 12

Split line with dots - 2125 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 26
Position: #558 / 630
Number of attempts: 2

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #315 / 1144
Number of attempts: 5

Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #469 / 827
Number of attempts: 5

Box it - 7828 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #690 / 1865
Number of attempts: 11

Cool or not? - 793 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #50 / 226
Number of attempts: 6

multiple cursor alternative - 1474 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

Best score: 19
Best player score: 19
Position: #77 / 376
Number of attempts: 10

From argument to object - 1474 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #125 / 450
Number of attempts: 10

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 735 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #41 / 174
Number of attempts: 8

Every other line - 2886 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #49 / 700
Number of attempts: 9

Copy three lines - 2840 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #146 / 635
Number of attempts: 8

Search and Replace 0 - 4792 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #624 / 1585
Number of attempts: 5

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2942 / 4164
Number of attempts: 4

Team names - 1805 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #307 / 581
Number of attempts: 3

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #198 / 1258
Number of attempts: 6

ninja substitution - 1372 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #52 / 261
Number of attempts: 14

Vice versa - 7805 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #505 / 2101
Number of attempts: 5

One to Ten - 2165 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: #203 / 662
Number of attempts: 2

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 639 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: 14
Position: #50 / 203
Number of attempts: 6

Line under headers - 2004 entries

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

Best score: 24
Best player score: 27
Position: #134 / 496
Number of attempts: 5

Increment each number - 977 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 20
Position: #137 / 242
Number of attempts: 2

Delete to the end of the current line - 791 entries

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

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #191 / 385
Number of attempts: 3

change parenthesis - 278 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #67 / 156
Number of attempts: 2

Put the months in order - 932 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #9 / 158
Number of attempts: 24

Reorder the groups - 1137 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #56 / 259
Number of attempts: 12

Array transposition - 2378 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #21 / 443
Number of attempts: 23

Collect List - 4264 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #453 / 1186
Number of attempts: 7

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #944 / 4161
Number of attempts: 14

-a-b-c- - 3176 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #272 / 1129
Number of attempts: 6

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1443 / 3666
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1035 / 3946
Number of attempts: 3

switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #584 / 1736
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 12290 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #606 / 3581
Number of attempts: 4