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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: 23
  • Position: #2656 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #263 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1869 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values inside brackets - 2511 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #180 / 583
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4813 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #644 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 4
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2893 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #129 / 856
  • Number of attempts: 7
Cool or not? - 829 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #213 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 1
Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #151 / 178
  • Number of attempts: 2
Convert Application Output to CSV - 203 entries

Change the application output to comma-separated values

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #16 / 56
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1214 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 14
  • Position: #461 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 5
Increment each number - 1025 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #164 / 249
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete to the end of the current line - 829 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #110 / 400
  • Number of attempts: 2
move titles next to url, in quotes - 537 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #123 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1409 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1372 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1725 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 3
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