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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: #665 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #110 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4826 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #454 / 1900
  • Number of attempts: 4
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #93 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 6
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #120 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #30 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #741 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #222 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 5
7th Birthday - 210 entries

We have a bunch of numbers written from 0 to 9 in the order present in the text input file. The task is to create 7 by replacing the numbers with dashes.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #9 / 76
  • Number of attempts: 2
Paragraph breaks - 527 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #17 / 168
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #474 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 8
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #194 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #717 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 6
Brian Mego
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