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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34033 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: #2719 / 7519
  • Number of attempts: 11
One number per line - 18911 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1286 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 10
V to the i - 4887 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #688 / 1916
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10958 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1142 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3658 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #320 / 1187
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #514 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 9
Every other line - 2951 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #252 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11634 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2967 / 4262
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 8021 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1412 / 2158
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2260 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 / 689
  • Number of attempts: 8
Collect List - 4342 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #452 / 1200
  • Number of attempts: 10
I forgot quotes - 16240 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #950 / 4226
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 13058 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1054 / 3993
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5131 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #580 / 1766
  • Number of attempts: 6
Numbering a List - 1970 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #155 / 662
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13667 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 / 3914
  • Number of attempts: 6
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