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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33715 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: 27
  • Position: #3965 / 7440
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4813 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #129 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #38 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11477 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #17 / 4206
  • Number of attempts: 13
Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #626 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 9
Vice versa - 7937 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1461 / 2136
  • Number of attempts: 1
Restore order to the alphabet - 201 entries

The numbers are OK. The letters are wonky.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #17 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 4
convert yml into java pojo field - 857 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #196 / 227
  • Number of attempts: 1
Logging with key - 328 entries

Sometimes it is better to log with meaningful key

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #85 / 88
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line 'em up! - 421 entries

It can be so hard to keep everything neatly lined-up. Somebody clearly hasn't bothered here. Tidy it up, please!

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #45 / 114
  • Number of attempts: 7
Condensed Cases - 804 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #14 / 247
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #6 / 4188
  • Number of attempts: 8
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #551 / 3687
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12966 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1996 / 3968
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12954 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #318 / 3729
  • Number of attempts: 3
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