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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: 28
Position: #4105 / 7498
Number of attempts: 5

Swap values - 4693 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #1168 / 1289
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4848 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #202 / 1907
Number of attempts: 4

Add string initializers to an enum - 899 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #251 / 264
Number of attempts: 1

Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1855 / 3091
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #1649 / 1897
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 23
Position: #671 / 710
Number of attempts: 1

Extract argument from function - 2392 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #736 / 765
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5089 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #1011 / 1658
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 12
Position: #434 / 708
Number of attempts: 2

Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2990 / 4240
Number of attempts: 7

Make HTML List - 1071 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 48
Position: #161 / 275
Number of attempts: 3

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1015 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

Best score: 39
Best player score: 42
Position: #124 / 390
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 21
Position: #880 / 1277
Number of attempts: 1

Create Leading Zeros - 253 entries

Create leading zeros only for id columns. Please use generic approach!

Best score: 23
Best player score: 47
Position: #67 / 85
Number of attempts: 2

Add to end of each line... kinda - 344 entries

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #132 / 177
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7995 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 22
Position: #1932 / 2151
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2246 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: #229 / 684
Number of attempts: 3

Separating firstname & lastname - 181 entries

Seperate named with equal tabs.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 31
Position: #54 / 61
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #38 / 1196
Number of attempts: 4

remove all lines in first part - 223 entries

From the second part, remove all lines in the first part. It can be useful when you have done something from a long list, you want to know what is not done yet!

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #61 / 68
Number of attempts: 2

Fix the XML - 1050 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 33
Position: #264 / 291
Number of attempts: 1

Mute the second method of this script - 460 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

Best score: 8
Best player score: 9
Position: #84 / 242
Number of attempts: 2

Custom McCarthy sequence - 54 entries

Generate the first one hundred and twenty numbers (starting with n=1). See here for some inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthy_91_function

Best score: 15
Best player score: 19
Position: #10 / 18
Number of attempts: 2

Sorting database text output - 228 entries

Sometimes it is nice to be able to quickly take column-formatted text output from the SQL command line and turn it into a list of useful data. In this case we want a unique, sorted list of the values from the second column combined into one comma-separated list. What is the fewest strokes you can do this in?

Best score: 24
Best player score: 25
Position: #46 / 84
Number of attempts: 1

Pretty format for variable declarations - 183 entries

Project standards demand the equal signs must be aligned for better readability.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #60 / 66
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 436 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #93 / 208
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #3146 / 4216
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 2036 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #492 / 589
Number of attempts: 1

Where should I put the Newline? - 889 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #146 / 442
Number of attempts: 3

Mess in revision history - 1212 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 27
Position: #168 / 255
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10743 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #2746 / 3710
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 13024 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #2663 / 3983
Number of attempts: 2

Hole-in-one - 1024 entries

Lets take this golf thing literally.. Drive off the tee into the hole, and of course you don't strike the ball completely clean.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 20
Position: #199 / 305
Number of attempts: 3

Minimalist Limerick - 520 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 54
Position: #167 / 174
Number of attempts: 2

Stairs Indenting - 479 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 35
Position: #196 / 199
Number of attempts: 1

calculations - 321 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 73
Position: #66 / 70
Number of attempts: 1

Vertical Limit - 2624 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Best score: 21
Best player score: 30
Position: #676 / 774
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse and double space - 502 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 22
Position: #190 / 200
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 20
Position: #1675 / 1758
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 29
Position: #602 / 658
Number of attempts: 1

The Cake is a Lie - 1390 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #376 / 539
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat some Python - 637 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 49
Position: #179 / 243
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat most common surnames - 808 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

Best score: 23
Best player score: 34
Position: #152 / 233
Number of attempts: 2

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: #2723 / 3865
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7564 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 44
Position: #1172 / 1865
Number of attempts: 3