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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33647 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: #954 / 7425
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4627 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #168 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18749 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #850 / 3867
  • Number of attempts: 5
V to the i - 4810 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #497 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 3
From argument to object - 1508 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #189 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #196 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 6
Search and Replace 0 - 4994 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #861 / 1627
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11464 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2447 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5673 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #476 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 4
Order and join - 983 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #209 / 259
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #307 / 1191
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15997 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1323 / 4184
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #360 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 4
Don't know what this is - 2022 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #211 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1593 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 3
replacing each line of a block selection - 3001 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #480 / 778
  • Number of attempts: 1
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