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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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: 35
  • Position: #6525 / 7364
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1116 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3402 / 3842
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2464 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #415 / 569
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #704 / 840
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #788 / 827
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2886 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #682 / 700
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2165 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: 26
  • Position: #638 / 662
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3623 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3176 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1063 / 1129
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3132 / 3946
  • Number of attempts: 1
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