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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33958 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: #4822 / 7498
  • Number of attempts: 7
Search and Replace 0 - 5087 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1494 / 1657
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3475 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10743 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #202 / 3710
  • Number of attempts: 3
attr_aligner - 3541 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #369 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13024 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #332 / 3983
  • Number of attempts: 4
Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #563 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 2
Get rid of html tags - 451 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #156 / 256
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change the content of a string - 1761 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #400 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1704 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #346 / 448
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13468 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2668 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 6
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