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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: #692 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 11
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #127 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 11
Quote modules - 1099 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #155 / 287
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #626 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #633 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 14
From argument to object - 1540 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #381 / 467
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1854 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #135 / 593
  • Number of attempts: 11
Stairstep digits - 410 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #65 / 150
  • Number of attempts: 4
Array transposition - 2453 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #219 / 455
  • Number of attempts: 2
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