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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: 22
Position: #1943 / 7422
Number of attempts: 8

Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #293 / 1268
Number of attempts: 4

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6312 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #519 / 1537
Number of attempts: 5

One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #561 / 3865
Number of attempts: 6

citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 195 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #33 / 102
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #192 / 579
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: #45 / 231
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4802 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #686 / 1893
Number of attempts: 2

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2880 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #196 / 851
Number of attempts: 3

Add string initializers to an enum - 872 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #24 / 258
Number of attempts: 4

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: 19
Position: #17 / 249
Number of attempts: 7

Add semicolons - 10859 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1080 / 3064
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2037 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #124 / 525
Number of attempts: 2

Split line with dots - 2144 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 19
Position: #352 / 634
Number of attempts: 5

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3586 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #300 / 1162
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3823 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #69 / 865
Number of attempts: 7

Box it - 7905 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #211 / 1876
Number of attempts: 4

multiple cursor alternative - 1519 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: 20
Position: #179 / 380
Number of attempts: 3

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #39 / 178
Number of attempts: 8

Copy three lines - 2872 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #145 / 640
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11457 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1296 / 4198
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5648 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #196 / 1264
Number of attempts: 5

ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #50 / 267
Number of attempts: 7

Vice versa - 7907 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #500 / 2128
Number of attempts: 5

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: #191 / 672
Number of attempts: 2

Line under headers - 2044 entries

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

Best score: 24
Best player score: 27
Position: #129 / 503
Number of attempts: 4

Comparing Schema With Diff - 52 entries

Sometimes databases output things differently one to another. Fixing things that are out of order will make the diffs more usable.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 30
Position: #1 / 10
Number of attempts: 7

Increment each number - 1023 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #40 / 248
Number of attempts: 8

Delete to the end of the current line - 812 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #183 / 391
Number of attempts: 1

Song Transcription Oops - 243 entries

When transcribing vocal music to Canjo Tab you can start by finding the lowest note and assigning that to zero and working your way up from there. However, without fail, I tend to miscount the notes and when I am near done I find a lower note. I mark this with a "z". This means I have to increase all the previous ones by 1. just a sting of numbers :)

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #38 / 78
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: #58 / 161
Number of attempts: 2

Reorder the groups - 1181 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #53 / 264
Number of attempts: 8

Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #20 / 448
Number of attempts: 8

Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #450 / 1190
Number of attempts: 3

I forgot quotes - 15989 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #938 / 4181
Number of attempts: 7

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10666 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1437 / 3684
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1033 / 3964
Number of attempts: 3

ASCII-art Histogram - 320 entries

Create an ASCCI-art histogram for the given numbers. Make sure not to leave trailing whitespaces. Thanks to VimGolf I recently discovered a feature of Vim thAT blew my mind. I'm curious to see what real ninjas make of it ;-)

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #15 / 57
Number of attempts: 11

calculations - 312 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 38
Position: #10 / 68
Number of attempts: 6

switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #577 / 1748
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 12815 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1804 / 3696
Number of attempts: 2