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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33354 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: 23
  • Position: #2679 / 7358
  • Number of attempts: 11
One number per line - 18615 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1269 / 3841
  • Number of attempts: 10
V to the i - 4743 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #688 / 1878
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10785 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1124 / 3042
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3528 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #320 / 1142
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7818 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #507 / 1861
  • Number of attempts: 9
Every other line - 2886 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #249 / 700
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11346 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2945 / 4160
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7778 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1385 / 2095
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2159 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: #204 / 660
  • Number of attempts: 8
Collect List - 4261 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #452 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 10
I forgot quotes - 15923 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #950 / 4159
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 12850 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1037 / 3944
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5028 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #580 / 1734
  • Number of attempts: 6
Numbering a List - 1855 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #140 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 12233 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #605 / 3567
  • Number of attempts: 6
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