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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: 26
  • Position: #3666 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10930 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2396 / 3090
  • Number of attempts: 2
Bad Copy Syntax - 2072 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #344 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #616 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7991 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #1683 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 1
html paragraph to table - 634 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 79
  • Position: #106 / 130
  • Number of attempts: 1
ninja substitution - 1436 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #95 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 4
One to Ten - 2243 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: 12
  • Position: #108 / 683
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3546 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
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