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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: #3678 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4647 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #296 / 1276
  • Number of attempts: 10
One number per line - 18797 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1931 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2521 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #58 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 11
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #424 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1113 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 5
Bad Copy Syntax - 2052 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #138 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 11
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3614 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #317 / 1173
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #74 / 886
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #696 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 10
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1305 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #504 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 6
One to Ten - 2240 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: #202 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 5
Line under headers - 2072 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #139 / 510
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reorder the groups - 1182 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #55 / 265
  • Number of attempts: 15
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #947 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 9
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1444 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1045 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13123 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1823 / 3774
  • Number of attempts: 11
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