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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33717 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: 22
  • Position: #149 / 7441
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #51 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 10
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #187 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11479 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #448 / 4207
  • Number of attempts: 9
Make HTML List - 1061 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #198 / 274
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #416 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 11
Vice versa - 7942 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #64 / 2137
  • Number of attempts: 7
Generate a list of numbers - 295 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #77 / 140
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #758 / 1191
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10679 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #994 / 3688
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12966 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #693 / 3968
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 12959 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2980 / 3731
  • Number of attempts: 2
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