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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 35
  • Position: #6591 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4644 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1133 / 1275
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18784 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3428 / 3878
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2515 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #426 / 584
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2900 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #722 / 859
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3890 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #839 / 882
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #687 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2234 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: 26
  • Position: #655 / 679
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3652 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1070 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3152 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 1
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