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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 28
  • Position: #4411 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2518 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 2
Separate the lines - 191 entries

Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #46 / 95
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2523 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #476 / 587
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2915 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #365 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #892 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #696 / 892
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1126 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2807 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2241 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: 14
  • Position: #447 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 1
Build a six - 307 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #24 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment each number - 1043 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #217 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 2
Delete to the end of the current line - 855 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #94 / 411
  • Number of attempts: 2
move titles next to url, in quotes - 551 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #102 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2292 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1364 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #965 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 4
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