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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 23
  • Position: #2553 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4644 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #131 / 1275
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1394 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 5
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #162 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: #44 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2349 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #53 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 9
replace 2nd column blanks with values in same column if blank - 242 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: 17
  • Position: #55 / 83
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7967 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #242 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 4
C Reformatting - 690 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #75 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort files from hosts - 195 entries

Resume files by host. I hope you enjoy with this challenge

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #56 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 2
Order and join - 985 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #22 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 6
Change attribute to getter - 157 entries

Wrap attributes with a getter method.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #13 / 63
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #270 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #510 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1062 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #738 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 4
The Cake is a Lie - 1374 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #382 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13092 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1580 / 3765
  • Number of attempts: 3
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