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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 30
  • Position: #5374 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 8
Hogwarts Email Sorting - 954 entries

Given a list of emails, get the students full name and their associated house.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #245 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get mail address from outlook format - 663 entries

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

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #162 / 208
  • Number of attempts: 4
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6397 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #875 / 1563
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2802 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 5
Quote modules - 1104 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #174 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 3
Aliases for cd - 913 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 52
  • Position: #108 / 160
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1421 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 1
Bad Copy Syntax - 2088 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #427 / 543
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #392 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1191 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3662 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line under headers - 2095 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #335 / 515
  • Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2481 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #28 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2741 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 5
Alphabet soup - 467 entries

Create a column of all alphabet characters organized in a funky way

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #25 / 113
  • Number of attempts: 5
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