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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: 25
  • Position: #3289 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 4
Get mail address from outlook format - 649 entries

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

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #130 / 204
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #247 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6337 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #490 / 1546
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1458 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1335 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #90 / 1169
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #3913 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2227 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: #2 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 3
Interleave lines - 185 entries

This is some kind of « paste -d'\n' c b a ». There are many ways to achieve this.. just find the shortest!

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #51 / 60
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #10 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #129 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 5
Khalid Harun
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Web Application Developer who is passionate about using web technology for personal development and community organizing.

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