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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: 26
  • Position: #3546 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3181 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: #322 / 460
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2484 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2425 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #301 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3231 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2387 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 2
A simple change - 468 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #159 / 193
  • Number of attempts: 3
Inconsistent real estate paste - 216 entries

Format a hand-typed real estate listing that uses inconsistent punctuation into four sections

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #4 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vertical Limit - 2552 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #406 / 757
  • Number of attempts: 3
Exchanging Quotes - 858 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #150 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 2
replacing each line of a block selection - 3001 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #346 / 778
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2142 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #29 / 665
  • Number of attempts: 6
Append semicolon after expressions - 1056 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #285 / 419
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remove noise from HTTP log - 717 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #40 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 3
Remove semicolons after expressions - 654 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #33 / 263
  • Number of attempts: 4
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