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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33621 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: 30
  • Position: #5284 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4622 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #773 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1511 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #407 / 579
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: #43 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4806 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #681 / 1894
  • Number of attempts: 4
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2882 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #412 / 852
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add string initializers to an enum - 872 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #226 / 258
  • Number of attempts: 1
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1214 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: 34
  • Position: #212 / 249
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10867 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2113 / 3065
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2038 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #403 / 526
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3590 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #669 / 1163
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3829 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #555 / 866
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7906 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1151 / 1877
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11458 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2934 / 4199
  • Number of attempts: 2
ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #238 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7910 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1396 / 2129
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2219 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: #194 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line under headers - 2045 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #278 / 504
  • Number of attempts: 5
change parenthesis - 296 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #54 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reorder the groups - 1181 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #206 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15990 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1888 / 4182
  • Number of attempts: 5
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #117 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10669 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1439 / 3684
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1757 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 12822 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #604 / 3698
  • Number of attempts: 4
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