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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: 22
  • Position: #219 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 13
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #133 / 1562
  • Number of attempts: 11
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #148 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 12
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #514 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #492 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 6
replace 2nd column blanks with values in same column if blank - 258 entries

Where ,SOMELOGB and ,SOMELOGC replaces each /r carriage return if 2nd column is blank. The replace only happens if 2nd column is blank though and should replace up to the non blank row.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #11 / 86
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8019 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #691 / 2157
  • Number of attempts: 6
Order and join - 1032 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #18 / 265
  • Number of attempts: 5
comments galore - 1100 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #116 / 433
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #305 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #898 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #657 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 7
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