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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33964 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: 29
  • Position: #4880 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #474 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1864 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values inside brackets - 2545 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #341 / 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: 14
  • Position: #353 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3643 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #536 / 1181
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3988 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #486 / 908
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2785 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #537 / 594
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7997 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1375 / 2152
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 680 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #174 / 212
  • Number of attempts: 3
Put the months in order - 998 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #143 / 166
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3036 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2373 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2996 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13509 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1762 / 3874
  • Number of attempts: 5
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