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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33958 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: 35
  • Position: #6625 / 7498
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4693 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1142 / 1289
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3441 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2545 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #433 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2927 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #727 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3987 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #863 / 907
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #691 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2246 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #660 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3671 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3229 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1074 / 1142
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13024 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3161 / 3983
  • Number of attempts: 1
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