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Simple, Practical, and Common

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.

Start file
*temp var1 0
*temp var2 "hi"
*temp var3 -1
*temp var4 42
*temp var5 "asdf"
*temp var6 0

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.
End file
*temp var1 0
*temp var2 "hi"
*temp var3 -1
*temp var4 42
*temp var5 "asdf"
*temp var6 0
*temp var7 11

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."

New text.

This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

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6a7
> *temp var7 11
8a10,11
> 
> New text.

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#37 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:27PM

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#>2404 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:23PM

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#>2807 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:22PM

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#>3104 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:21PM

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#>3627 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

09/09/2019 at 04:18PM

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#>3628 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

09/22/2019 at 11:51AM

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#>3702 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:18PM

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#>4963 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:15PM

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#>5685 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/01/2015 at 02:13PM

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#>6362 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

09/22/2019 at 11:50AM