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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33703 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: #2690 / 7438
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1516 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values inside brackets - 2507 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #480 / 582
  • Number of attempts: 1
Unsemantic linewrapping - 928 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: 14
  • Position: #197 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2890 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #201 / 855
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add string initializers to an enum - 873 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #209 / 259
  • Number of attempts: 3
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1215 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 / 250
  • Number of attempts: 9
Add semicolons - 10877 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1086 / 3070
  • Number of attempts: 2
Bad Copy Syntax - 2040 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #347 / 527
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3597 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #679 / 1167
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3853 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #395 / 871
  • Number of attempts: 8
Box it - 7915 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #501 / 1880
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11477 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2940 / 4206
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #709 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 7
Vice versa - 7933 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #819 / 2134
  • Number of attempts: 4
One to Ten - 2225 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: #199 / 676
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line under headers - 2054 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #297 / 506
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reorder the groups - 1182 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #171 / 265
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1895 / 4188
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2411 / 3687
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12966 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1765 / 3968
  • Number of attempts: 2
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