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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: 24
  • Position: #3022 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4667 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #932 / 1284
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2211 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values inside brackets - 2539 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #470 / 590
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1782 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2920 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #511 / 864
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #479 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 19
  • Position: #381 / 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: #2754 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1854 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #492 / 593
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #707 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1948 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1168 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3015 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1010 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3485 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2188 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #313 / 676
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1532 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13421 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3080 / 3847
  • Number of attempts: 2
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