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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: 16
  • Position: #580 / 864
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7991 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #1435 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2934 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #691 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5074 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1417 / 1653
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1854 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #520 / 593
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2680 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10732 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2854 / 3707
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2612 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7550 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #1043 / 1862
  • Number of attempts: 1
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