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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: 22
  • Position: #1360 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 14
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1202 / 3870
  • 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: 8
  • Position: #1338 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #9 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #115 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 9
Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #284 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: #334 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 5
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #584 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2671 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #443 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 5
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #697 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1090 / 2138
  • Number of attempts: 7
move titles next to url, in quotes - 537 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #38 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2241 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2319 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1666 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 12989 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1682 / 3737
  • Number of attempts: 2
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