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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: 26
  • Position: #3691 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #296 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 10
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1939 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2545 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #58 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 11
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: #427 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1120 / 3091
  • Number of attempts: 5
Bad Copy Syntax - 2078 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #140 / 540
  • Number of attempts: 11
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3643 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #317 / 1181
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3988 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #74 / 908
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #698 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 10
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1305 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vice versa - 7997 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #504 / 2152
  • Number of attempts: 6
One to Ten - 2247 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 / 685
  • Number of attempts: 5
Line under headers - 2093 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #140 / 514
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reorder the groups - 1195 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #55 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 15
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #947 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 9
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1444 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1051 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: #1847 / 3874
  • Number of attempts: 11
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