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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #5076 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4667 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #827 / 1284
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1600 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 852 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #109 / 441
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3740 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1903 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #781 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3089 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 1
Exchanging Quotes - 864 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #230 / 232
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #182 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1473 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 577 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #68 / 364
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1697 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #414 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 1
Will Furnass
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Research Software Engineering and HPC at @RSE_Sheffield. Elsewhere: climbing things, biking through mud and twangy guitar. He/him.

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