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Modernise code - 1055 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #169 / 246
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rural Post - 4224 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #129 / 1040
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33100 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: 29
  • Position: #4905 / 7301
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6096 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #686 / 1489
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18478 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #814 / 3810
  • Number of attempts: 9
Unsemantic linewrapping - 858 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #208 / 217
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10716 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1686 / 3022
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7725 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #1442 / 1844
  • Number of attempts: 1
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