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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: 29
  • Position: #4951 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 3
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6380 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1375 / 1557
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3594 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quote modules - 1099 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #165 / 287
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 908 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 102
  • Position: #148 / 158
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2539 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #312 / 590
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: 10
  • Position: #131 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1429 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 2
Refactor typescript arrow function type - 348 entries

Make arrow function type less verbose and easier to read

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #71 / 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: 26
  • Position: #172 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2575 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 2
Bad Copy Syntax - 2072 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #355 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #711 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #508 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #1400 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #579 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2972 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 25
  • Position: #655 / 683
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line under headers - 2087 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #499 / 513
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1195 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #193 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #4064 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3185 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #939 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3167 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 1
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