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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33722 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: #1279 / 7442
Number of attempts: 13

Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #300 / 1274
Number of attempts: 7

One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #987 / 3870
Number of attempts: 10

Swap values inside brackets - 2511 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #63 / 583
Number of attempts: 5

Unsemantic linewrapping - 928 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: 9
Position: #53 / 231
Number of attempts: 3

V to the i - 4813 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1425 / 1897
Number of attempts: 1

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2893 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #427 / 856
Number of attempts: 2

Refactor typescript arrow function type - 323 entries

Make arrow function type less verbose and easier to read

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #4 / 71
Number of attempts: 7

Add string initializers to an enum - 873 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #33 / 259
Number of attempts: 8

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1216 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #84 / 251
Number of attempts: 4

Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #269 / 3072
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2044 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #137 / 530
Number of attempts: 6

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #692 / 1169
Number of attempts: 5

Com(m)a Trouble - 3875 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #78 / 876
Number of attempts: 7

Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #219 / 1881
Number of attempts: 7

Cool or not? - 829 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #111 / 230
Number of attempts: 2

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: #51 / 381
Number of attempts: 5

html paragraph to table - 606 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

Best score: 48
Best player score: 58
Position: #67 / 126
Number of attempts: 2

From argument to object - 1513 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #333 / 460
Number of attempts: 4

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #43 / 178
Number of attempts: 5

Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #360 / 704
Number of attempts: 7

Copy three lines - 2875 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #271 / 641
Number of attempts: 4

Number Sort - 314 entries

sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #7 / 166
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11483 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1094 / 4209
Number of attempts: 5

Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #140 / 589
Number of attempts: 5

Learn some german verbs - 533 entries

The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #10 / 133
Number of attempts: 4

Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #113 / 1269
Number of attempts: 11

ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #115 / 267
Number of attempts: 9

Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #508 / 2138
Number of attempts: 6

One to Ten - 2227 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: #212 / 677
Number of attempts: 2

Line under headers - 2059 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 27
Position: #139 / 507
Number of attempts: 7

Increment each number - 1025 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #43 / 249
Number of attempts: 9

Put the months in order - 974 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #10 / 163
Number of attempts: 14

Reorder the groups - 1182 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #58 / 265
Number of attempts: 9

Array transposition - 2425 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #114 / 449
Number of attempts: 6

Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #363 / 1191
Number of attempts: 6

I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #739 / 4189
Number of attempts: 9

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1448 / 3689
Number of attempts: 4

Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #883 / 3969
Number of attempts: 6

Simple text editing with Vim - 12989 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #608 / 3737
Number of attempts: 6

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7154 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 41
Position: #929 / 1754
Number of attempts: 3