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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: 24
  • Position: #3072 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1285 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 9
Unsemantic linewrapping - 943 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: 11
  • Position: #166 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #693 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2920 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #206 / 864
  • Number of attempts: 8
Refactor typescript arrow function type - 348 entries

Make arrow function type less verbose and easier to read

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #60 / 74
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add string initializers to an enum - 899 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #117 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 4
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1269 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: #86 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1154 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2072 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #145 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #703 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #287 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1338 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 2
Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 767 entries

Clean and group.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #42 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 10
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1307 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #316 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #970 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 9
One to Ten - 2243 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: #211 / 683
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line under headers - 2087 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #146 / 513
  • Number of attempts: 8
Reorder the groups - 1195 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #148 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array transposition - 2444 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #408 / 453
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #951 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 9
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1451 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 3
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #614 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1051 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1845 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 5
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