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Deleting folded text - 388 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

Get rid of html tags - 438 entries

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

Reformat most common surnames - 787 entries

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

Remember FizzBuzz? - 769 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

Change the content of a string - 1732 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Add fold markers to a .c file - 684 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 848 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

Reconstruct the Sentence - 1683 entries

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

Sort and add attributes - 1545 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Braces or Brackets? - 1125 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

Flodder-challenge - 1425 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3906 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

Simple text editing with Vim - 13338 entries

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

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7470 entries

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

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