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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: #622 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4670 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #863 / 1285
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2853 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #375 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 8
Copy three lines - 2882 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #439 / 642
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2275 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paragraph breaks - 527 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #63 / 168
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1074 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #357 / 430
  • Number of attempts: 3
Generate a list of numbers - 299 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #138 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2248 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #255 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1620 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #232 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13427 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1579 / 3849
  • Number of attempts: 3
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