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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33703 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: #4082 / 7438
Number of attempts: 5

Swap values - 4639 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #1156 / 1273
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: #202 / 1897
Number of attempts: 4

Add string initializers to an enum - 873 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #247 / 259
Number of attempts: 1

Add semicolons - 10877 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1844 / 3070
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 7915 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #1634 / 1880
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 23
Position: #665 / 704
Number of attempts: 1

Extract argument from function - 2364 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #727 / 755
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #998 / 1630
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 12
Position: #432 / 701
Number of attempts: 2

Just the middle - 11477 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2980 / 4206
Number of attempts: 7

Make HTML List - 1050 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 48
Position: #159 / 273
Number of attempts: 3

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1000 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: #123 / 382
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 21
Position: #872 / 1268
Number of attempts: 1

Create Leading Zeros - 241 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 47
Position: #65 / 82
Number of attempts: 2

Add to end of each line... kinda - 333 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: #130 / 174
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7936 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 22
Position: #1917 / 2135
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2225 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 / 676
Number of attempts: 3

Separating firstname & lastname - 138 entries

Seperate named with equal tabs.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 31
Position: #50 / 57
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #38 / 1191
Number of attempts: 4

remove all lines in first part - 211 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: #60 / 67
Number of attempts: 2

Fix the XML - 1039 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 33
Position: #263 / 290
Number of attempts: 1

Mute the second method of this script - 455 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

Best score: 8
Best player score: 9
Position: #84 / 239
Number of attempts: 2

Custom McCarthy sequence - 44 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: #9 / 17
Number of attempts: 2

Sorting database text output - 223 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: #45 / 83
Number of attempts: 1

Pretty format for variable declarations - 170 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #58 / 64
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 427 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #93 / 206
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #3125 / 4188
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 2024 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: #490 / 586
Number of attempts: 1

Where should I put the Newline? - 881 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #146 / 437
Number of attempts: 3

Mess in revision history - 1184 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 27
Position: #167 / 250
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #2730 / 3687
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12966 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #2654 / 3968
Number of attempts: 2

Hole-in-one - 1018 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: #198 / 304
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 - 478 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 35
Position: #195 / 198
Number of attempts: 1

calculations - 312 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 73
Position: #65 / 68
Number of attempts: 1

Vertical Limit - 2540 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 30
Position: #664 / 755
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 22
Position: #189 / 199
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 20
Position: #1667 / 1749
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1935 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 29
Position: #599 / 654
Number of attempts: 1

The Cake is a Lie - 1359 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #371 / 530
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat some Python - 622 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 49
Position: #175 / 238
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat most common surnames - 743 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 34
Position: #143 / 215
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 12935 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #2638 / 3725
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7102 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 44
Position: #1124 / 1743
Number of attempts: 3