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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.

Solutions by @richard0b:

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Solutions by @richard0b:
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#556 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:53AM

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#>593 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

08/20/2016 at 02:37AM

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#>593 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

08/20/2016 at 02:45AM

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#>2494 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:49AM

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#>2505 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

08/20/2016 at 02:38AM

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#>2864 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:44AM

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#>2869 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

08/20/2016 at 02:40AM

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#>3161 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:28AM

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#>3161 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:41AM

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#>3161 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:46AM

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#>3454 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:05AM

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#>3454 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:21AM

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#>3454 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 05:35AM

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#>3776 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/21/2016 at 05:27AM

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#>3776 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/21/2016 at 05:33AM

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#>4145 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

08/20/2016 at 02:34AM

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#>4595 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/21/2016 at 05:21AM

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#>4595 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 04:58AM

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#>5032 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/22/2016 at 04:51AM

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#>5735 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/21/2016 at 05:11AM

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#>6006 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/21/2016 at 05:07AM

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#>6250 - Richard O'Brien / @richard0b

07/21/2016 at 04:59AM