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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #4102 / 7489
Number of attempts: 5

Swap values - 4667 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #1164 / 1284
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4833 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #202 / 1904
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 - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1852 / 3087
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #1647 / 1895
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 23
Position: #668 / 707
Number of attempts: 1

Extract argument from function - 2379 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #731 / 760
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5042 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #1006 / 1643
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 12
Position: #432 / 704
Number of attempts: 2

Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2988 / 4234
Number of attempts: 7

Make HTML List - 1061 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 48
Position: #160 / 274
Number of attempts: 3

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1011 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 / 387
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 21
Position: #878 / 1274
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 - 339 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: #131 / 176
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 22
Position: #1929 / 2147
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2243 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 / 683
Number of attempts: 3

Separating firstname & lastname - 172 entries

Seperate named with equal tabs.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 31
Position: #53 / 60
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #38 / 1194
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 - 456 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

Best score: 8
Best player score: 9
Position: #84 / 240
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 - 174 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #59 / 65
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 432 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #93 / 207
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #3140 / 4208
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 2025 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: #491 / 587
Number of attempts: 1

Where should I put the Newline? - 885 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #146 / 439
Number of attempts: 3

Mess in revision history - 1210 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 27
Position: #168 / 254
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #2743 / 3703
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #2661 / 3979
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 - 2610 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 30
Position: #674 / 771
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 - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 20
Position: #1673 / 1756
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1941 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 29
Position: #601 / 657
Number of attempts: 1

The Cake is a Lie - 1389 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #376 / 538
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat some Python - 635 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 49
Position: #179 / 242
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat most common surnames - 795 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 34
Position: #151 / 230
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #2717 / 3846
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7507 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 44
Position: #1167 / 1847
Number of attempts: 3