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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: 34
  • Position: #6471 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get mail address from outlook format - 656 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #204 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6380 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1380 / 1557
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3465 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1269 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #256 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2302 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #971 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2882 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #603 / 642
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3643 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 2
Saransh Barua
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UI engineer with an eagle eye for detail. Currently into gaming analytics. I love beautifully crafted music, animations, monuments, websites, tattoos. Anything.

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