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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: #2755 / 7513
Number of attempts: 5

Hogwarts Email Sorting - 954 entries

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

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #81 / 272
Number of attempts: 2

Swap values - 4705 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #788 / 1293
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #782 / 1562
Number of attempts: 5

One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #618 / 3904
Number of attempts: 10

add line and index - 128 entries

a missed line and index names need to be added

Best score: 44
Best player score: 59
Position: #25 / 32
Number of attempts: 1

Aliases for cd - 913 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: #45 / 160
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values inside brackets - 2551 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #273 / 594
Number of attempts: 4

Unsemantic linewrapping - 964 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: #139 / 238
Number of attempts: 2

V to the i - 4883 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1447 / 1914
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2931 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #450 / 867
Number of attempts: 2

Refactor typescript arrow function type - 365 entries

Make arrow function type less verbose and easier to read

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #30 / 76
Number of attempts: 6

Add string initializers to an enum - 903 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #121 / 266
Number of attempts: 2

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1273 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: #95 / 266
Number of attempts: 2

Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 13
Position: #2054 / 3098
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2088 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #260 / 543
Number of attempts: 2

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #757 / 1185
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3993 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #305 / 910
Number of attempts: 5

Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #931 / 1901
Number of attempts: 3

multiple cursor alternative - 1591 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: #305 / 388
Number of attempts: 3

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 773 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #111 / 182
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2951 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #584 / 712
Number of attempts: 3

Copy three lines - 2923 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #352 / 647
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #903 / 1674
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #3029 / 4255
Number of attempts: 1

Team names - 1861 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #254 / 596
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5736 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #509 / 1280
Number of attempts: 2

ninja substitution - 1439 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #201 / 271
Number of attempts: 4

Vice versa - 8019 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #836 / 2157
Number of attempts: 4

One to Ten - 2258 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 / 688
Number of attempts: 2

Line under headers - 2095 entries

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

Best score: 24
Best player score: 26
Position: #75 / 515
Number of attempts: 7

Delete to the end of the current line - 882 entries

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

Best score: 5
Best player score: 6
Position: #353 / 418
Number of attempts: 1

Put the months in order - 1001 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: #55 / 168
Number of attempts: 5

Reorder the groups - 1201 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 20
Position: #178 / 270
Number of attempts: 2

Array transposition - 2481 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 26
Position: #322 / 461
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #1096 / 1200
Number of attempts: 1

Shift down - 237 entries

Number words are back.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 29
Position: #51 / 71
Number of attempts: 3

-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #405 / 1146
Number of attempts: 4

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2453 / 3716
Number of attempts: 1

attr_aligner - 3566 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 26
Position: #283 / 710
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #1817 / 3991
Number of attempts: 2

Getters & Setters: Java - 219 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: #14 / 62
Number of attempts: 4

82 bottles of beer on the wall - 329 entries

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

Best score: 106
Best player score: 116
Position: #30 / 149
Number of attempts: 7

Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1886 / 3902
Number of attempts: 4

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 37
Position: #602 / 1889
Number of attempts: 1