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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #985 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 9
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 200 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #29 / 103
  • Number of attempts: 2
Unsemantic linewrapping - 933 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: #40 / 232
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add string initializers to an enum - 875 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #19 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10889 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1071 / 3076
  • Number of attempts: 2
Bad Copy Syntax - 2050 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #118 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3610 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #675 / 1172
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3890 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #64 / 882
  • Number of attempts: 6
Extract wireshark capture filter - 218 entries

Extract wireshark capture filter from IP plan

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #23 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #686 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 9
multiple cursor alternative - 1542 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: 20
  • Position: #174 / 384
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2935 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 2
Array of characters - 175 entries

We all copy paste things off the internet, but the syntax doesn't look right. Fix it as fast as possible.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #16 / 47
  • Number of attempts: 13
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge4 - 99 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #27 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line under headers - 2068 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #339 / 508
  • Number of attempts: 3
Join 'em - 251 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #115 / 151
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #932 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 7
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #267 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1033 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 3
calculations - 312 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 52
  • Position: #50 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 1
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