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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: #2746 / 7474
Number of attempts: 5

Hogwarts Email Sorting - 944 entries

Given a list of emails, get the students full name and their associated house.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #80 / 267
Number of attempts: 2

Swap values - 4661 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #783 / 1282
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6366 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #777 / 1555
Number of attempts: 5

One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #618 / 3889
Number of attempts: 10

add line and index - 100 entries

a missed line and index names need to be added

Best score: 44
Best player score: 59
Position: #23 / 29
Number of attempts: 1

Aliases for cd - 881 entries

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

Best score: 30
Best player score: 34
Position: #44 / 156
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values inside brackets - 2523 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #269 / 587
Number of attempts: 4

Unsemantic linewrapping - 934 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: #137 / 233
Number of attempts: 2

V to the i - 4830 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1443 / 1903
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2915 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #447 / 863
Number of attempts: 2

Refactor typescript arrow function type - 339 entries

Make arrow function type less verbose and easier to read

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #29 / 73
Number of attempts: 6

Add string initializers to an enum - 892 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #119 / 263
Number of attempts: 2

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1253 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: #94 / 261
Number of attempts: 2

Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 13
Position: #2043 / 3085
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2055 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #256 / 536
Number of attempts: 2

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #754 / 1177
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #301 / 892
Number of attempts: 5

Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #926 / 1891
Number of attempts: 3

multiple cursor alternative - 1547 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: 24
Position: #302 / 385
Number of attempts: 3

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 751 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #109 / 179
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #580 / 707
Number of attempts: 3

Copy three lines - 2882 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #349 / 642
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 5027 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #886 / 1637
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #3023 / 4230
Number of attempts: 1

Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #254 / 592
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5699 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #504 / 1273
Number of attempts: 2

ninja substitution - 1427 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #199 / 269
Number of attempts: 4

Vice versa - 7974 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #833 / 2146
Number of attempts: 4

One to Ten - 2241 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: #263 / 682
Number of attempts: 2

Line under headers - 2072 entries

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

Best score: 24
Best player score: 26
Position: #74 / 510
Number of attempts: 7

Delete to the end of the current line - 855 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 6
Position: #348 / 411
Number of attempts: 1

Put the months in order - 979 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 31
Position: #54 / 165
Number of attempts: 5

Reorder the groups - 1185 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 20
Position: #175 / 266
Number of attempts: 2

Array transposition - 2436 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 26
Position: #318 / 452
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #1091 / 1194
Number of attempts: 1

Shift down - 209 entries

Number words are back.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 29
Position: #49 / 69
Number of attempts: 3

-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #403 / 1140
Number of attempts: 4

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2446 / 3700
Number of attempts: 1

attr_aligner - 3525 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 26
Position: #280 / 706
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #1809 / 3977
Number of attempts: 2

Getters & Setters: Java - 212 entries

Boilerplate getters & setters - it's a tedious fact of life in Java, and probably the only thing that still pulls me back to an IDE. Perhaps someone knows a fast, pure vim way...

Best score: 89
Best player score: 97
Position: #13 / 60
Number of attempts: 4

82 bottles of beer on the wall - 313 entries

Take them down. (sorry, only 82 bottles because the problem size is limited!)

Best score: 106
Best player score: 116
Position: #29 / 146
Number of attempts: 7

Simple text editing with Vim - 13262 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1860 / 3810
Number of attempts: 4

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7389 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 37
Position: #584 / 1825
Number of attempts: 1