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Applying same text modification in several lines - 2900 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #766 / 859
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2369 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #690 / 756
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1396 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #640 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 985 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #242 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3011 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #1120 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
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