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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: 22
Position: #1943 / 7364
Number of attempts: 8

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #293 / 1257
Number of attempts: 4

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6208 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #508 / 1517
Number of attempts: 5

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #561 / 3842
Number of attempts: 6

citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 189 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #33 / 99
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values inside brackets - 2464 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #189 / 569
Number of attempts: 5

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: #45 / 224
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #686 / 1879
Number of attempts: 2

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: 13
Position: #193 / 840
Number of attempts: 3

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: #24 / 254
Number of attempts: 4

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: 19
Position: #17 / 244
Number of attempts: 7

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1076 / 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: #121 / 516
Number of attempts: 2

Split line with dots - 2125 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 19
Position: #351 / 630
Number of attempts: 5

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #300 / 1144
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #69 / 827
Number of attempts: 7

Box it - 7827 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #211 / 1864
Number of attempts: 4

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: 20
Position: #176 / 376
Number of attempts: 3

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 735 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #39 / 174
Number of attempts: 8

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: #145 / 635
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1296 / 4164
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #196 / 1258
Number of attempts: 5

ninja substitution - 1372 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #50 / 261
Number of attempts: 7

Vice versa - 7803 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #500 / 2100
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: #191 / 662
Number of attempts: 2

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: #127 / 496
Number of attempts: 4

Comparing Schema With Diff - 50 entries

Sometimes databases output things differently one to another. Fixing things that are out of order will make the diffs more usable.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 30
Position: #1 / 8
Number of attempts: 7

Increment each number - 977 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #40 / 242
Number of attempts: 8

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: #183 / 385
Number of attempts: 1

Song Transcription Oops - 234 entries

When transcribing vocal music to Canjo Tab you can start by finding the lowest note and assigning that to zero and working your way up from there. However, without fail, I tend to miscount the notes and when I am near done I find a lower note. I mark this with a "z". This means I have to increase all the previous ones by 1. just a sting of numbers :)

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #38 / 75
Number of attempts: 5

change parenthesis - 278 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #58 / 156
Number of attempts: 2

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: #53 / 259
Number of attempts: 8

Array transposition - 2378 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #20 / 443
Number of attempts: 8

Collect List - 4264 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #450 / 1186
Number of attempts: 3

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #938 / 4161
Number of attempts: 7

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1437 / 3666
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1029 / 3946
Number of attempts: 3

ASCII-art Histogram - 310 entries

Create an ASCCI-art histogram for the given numbers. Make sure not to leave trailing whitespaces. Thanks to VimGolf I recently discovered a feature of Vim thAT blew my mind. I'm curious to see what real ninjas make of it ;-)

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #13 / 55
Number of attempts: 11

calculations - 262 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 38
Position: #10 / 64
Number of attempts: 6

switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #577 / 1736
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 12284 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1770 / 3581
Number of attempts: 2