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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: 22
  • Position: #693 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4802 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #134 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #41 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #49 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5648 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #333 / 1264
  • Number of attempts: 7
Condensed Cases - 804 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #18 / 247
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #50 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #55 / 1137
  • Number of attempts: 4
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #8 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #573 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #474 / 3963
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 12811 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #319 / 3694
  • Number of attempts: 3
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