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Simple, Practical, and Common - 32972 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: #3994 / 7278
Number of attempts: 5

Swap values - 4440 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #1126 / 1241
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4641 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #202 / 1857
Number of attempts: 4

Add string initializers to an enum - 776 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #218 / 228
Number of attempts: 1

Add semicolons - 10546 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1786 / 2990
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 7682 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #1593 / 1836
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2829 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 23
Position: #648 / 686
Number of attempts: 1

Extract argument from function - 2218 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 22
Position: #701 / 729
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 4681 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #945 / 1550
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2507 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 12
Position: #423 / 684
Number of attempts: 2

Just the middle - 11141 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2950 / 4114
Number of attempts: 7

Make HTML List - 987 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 48
Position: #152 / 261
Number of attempts: 3

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 906 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: #114 / 352
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5444 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 21
Position: #844 / 1229
Number of attempts: 1

Create Leading Zeros - 205 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 47
Position: #61 / 77
Number of attempts: 2

Add to end of each line... kinda - 290 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: #118 / 156
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7541 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 22
Position: #1848 / 2049
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2095 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 / 642
Number of attempts: 3

Separating firstname & lastname - 113 entries

Seperate named with equal tabs.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 31
Position: #46 / 53
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4184 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #38 / 1167
Number of attempts: 4

remove all lines in first part - 178 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: #57 / 62
Number of attempts: 2

Fix the XML - 958 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 33
Position: #252 / 279
Number of attempts: 1

Mute the second method of this script - 439 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #83 / 233
Number of attempts: 2

Custom McCarthy sequence - 32 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: #7 / 13
Number of attempts: 2

Sorting database text output - 206 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: #42 / 79
Number of attempts: 1

Pretty format for variable declarations - 144 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 22
Position: #50 / 55
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 392 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #93 / 195
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 15749 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #3070 / 4117
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 1951 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: #479 / 572
Number of attempts: 1

Where should I put the Newline? - 845 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #146 / 422
Number of attempts: 3

Mess in revision history - 1143 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 27
Position: #162 / 242
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10538 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #2687 / 3638
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12736 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #2616 / 3919
Number of attempts: 2

Hole-in-one - 978 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: #193 / 298
Number of attempts: 3

Minimalist Limerick - 507 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

Best score: 31
Best player score: 54
Position: #162 / 168
Number of attempts: 2

Stairs Indenting - 428 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 35
Position: #182 / 184
Number of attempts: 1

calculations - 255 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 73
Position: #58 / 61
Number of attempts: 1

Vertical Limit - 2377 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 30
Position: #633 / 719
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse and double space - 452 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 22
Position: #177 / 185
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 4945 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 20
Position: #1633 / 1708
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1832 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 29
Position: #575 / 627
Number of attempts: 1

The Cake is a Lie - 1215 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #350 / 491
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat some Python - 565 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 49
Position: #164 / 223
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat most common surnames - 593 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 34
Position: #124 / 187
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 11657 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #2437 / 3418
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6033 entries

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

Best score: 32
Best player score: 44
Position: #1014 / 1486
Number of attempts: 3