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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: 26
  • Position: #3538 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #715 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2392 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4818 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #484 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #300 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 18
  • Position: #316 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1028 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #357 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #890 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1297 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1321 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2198 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #779 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 3
Clement Keirua
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Freelance software dev #Symfony3, #AngularJS Geek with not enough free time to code it all

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