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Simple, Practical, and Common

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.

Start file

*temp var1 0
*temp var2 "hi"
*temp var3 -1
*temp var4 42
*temp var5 "asdf"
*temp var6 0

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.

End file

*temp var1 0
*temp var2 "hi"
*temp var3 -1
*temp var4 42
*temp var5 "asdf"
*temp var6 0
*temp var7 11

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."

New text.

This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

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6a7
> *temp var7 11
8a10,11
> 
> New text.

Solutions by @_weslly:

Created by: @Flurrywinde Tweet

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Solutions by @_weslly:

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12/15/2016 at 04:51PM

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#>740 - wes / @_weslly

12/15/2016 at 04:54PM

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08/14/2018 at 06:08PM

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#>2528 - wes / @_weslly

12/15/2016 at 04:48PM

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#>2891 - wes / @_weslly

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#>3201 - wes / @_weslly

12/15/2016 at 04:40PM

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#>3288 - wes / @_weslly

08/14/2018 at 05:58PM

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#>3478 - wes / @_weslly

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#>3508 - wes / @_weslly

07/01/2017 at 09:32PM

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#>4171 - wes / @_weslly

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#>4633 - wes / @_weslly

12/15/2016 at 04:25PM