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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33964 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: 25
  • Position: #3363 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1883 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 10
Prime Numbers - 385 entries

List the first 100 prime numbers.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #59 / 107
  • Number of attempts: 6
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2927 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #649 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap the operands under comparison - 318 entries

Swap the operands under comparison to prevent null pointer exception (at least in java)

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2 / 106
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3643 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #604 / 1181
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #471 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 3
Cool or not? - 852 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #182 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 767 entries

Clean and group.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #73 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #4148 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2247 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: 14
  • Position: #474 / 685
  • Number of attempts: 2
readability - 331 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #21 / 153
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1857 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 6
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