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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: 29
  • Position: #4919 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 22
  • Position: #1357 / 1537
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3574 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quote modules - 1084 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #162 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 879 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 102
  • Position: #145 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #306 / 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: 10
  • Position: #129 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4806 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1423 / 1894
  • 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: 37
  • Position: #68 / 71
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add string initializers to an enum - 872 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #167 / 258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10860 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2554 / 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: 23
  • Position: #351 / 525
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3586 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #703 / 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: 16
  • Position: #493 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7905 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #1385 / 1876
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #577 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11457 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2963 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 25
  • Position: #645 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line under headers - 2044 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #489 / 503
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1181 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #190 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15989 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #4037 / 4181
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3159 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #935 / 1078
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3155 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 1
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