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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: #780 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #140 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #159 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 8
V to the i - 4818 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #447 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #103 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 4
multiple cursor alternative - 1521 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #7 / 381
  • Number of attempts: 6
Every other line - 2916 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #170 / 705
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #831 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #253 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 6
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #961 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #535 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 5
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #649 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1085 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 3
attr_aligner - 3522 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #127 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 14
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #751 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 4
switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #454 / 1749
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13017 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #462 / 3745
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7173 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #152 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 8
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