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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33535 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: #2725 / 7397
Number of attempts: 5

Hogwarts Email Sorting - 915 entries

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

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #79 / 259
Number of attempts: 2

Swap values - 4606 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #778 / 1265
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6288 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #766 / 1532
Number of attempts: 5

One number per line - 18705 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #618 / 3855
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 - 879 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 / 155
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values inside brackets - 2480 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #264 / 575
Number of attempts: 4

Unsemantic linewrapping - 918 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: #135 / 228
Number of attempts: 2

V to the i - 4796 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1436 / 1891
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2859 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #439 / 845
Number of attempts: 2

Refactor typescript arrow function type - 323 entries

Make arrow function type less verbose and easier to read

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #29 / 71
Number of attempts: 6

Add string initializers to an enum - 872 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #116 / 258
Number of attempts: 2

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1213 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 / 248
Number of attempts: 2

Add semicolons - 10841 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 13
Position: #2024 / 3058
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2025 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #255 / 521
Number of attempts: 2

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3573 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #746 / 1157
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3780 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #294 / 855
Number of attempts: 5

Box it - 7897 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #919 / 1872
Number of attempts: 3

multiple cursor alternative - 1519 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: #298 / 380
Number of attempts: 3

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #109 / 178
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #578 / 703
Number of attempts: 3

Copy three lines - 2872 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 / 640
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 4952 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #870 / 1615
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11417 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #3015 / 4181
Number of attempts: 1

Team names - 1834 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #254 / 587
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5643 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #498 / 1261
Number of attempts: 2

ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #198 / 267
Number of attempts: 4

Vice versa - 7891 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #828 / 2121
Number of attempts: 4

One to Ten - 2209 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 / 669
Number of attempts: 2

Line under headers - 2028 entries

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

Best score: 24
Best player score: 26
Position: #72 / 499
Number of attempts: 7

Delete to the end of the current line - 810 entries

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

Best score: 5
Best player score: 6
Position: #333 / 389
Number of attempts: 1

Put the months in order - 973 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: #53 / 162
Number of attempts: 5

Reorder the groups - 1176 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 20
Position: #172 / 263
Number of attempts: 2

Array transposition - 2415 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 26
Position: #316 / 446
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #1088 / 1190
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- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #403 / 1137
Number of attempts: 4

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10654 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2434 / 3678
Number of attempts: 1

attr_aligner - 3498 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 26
Position: #276 / 696
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12918 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #1800 / 3957
Number of attempts: 2

Getters & Setters: Java - 207 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 / 58
Number of attempts: 4

82 bottles of beer on the wall - 310 entries

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

Best score: 106
Best player score: 116
Position: #29 / 144
Number of attempts: 7

Simple text editing with Vim - 12627 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1829 / 3653
Number of attempts: 4

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6825 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 37
Position: #562 / 1673
Number of attempts: 1