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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: #1649 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 9
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #929 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values inside brackets - 2511 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #22 / 583
  • Number of attempts: 7
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: 14
  • Position: #362 / 856
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #571 / 1169
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3875 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #239 / 876
  • Number of attempts: 8
Letterbox - 145 entries

Make a box!

  • Best score: 35
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #12 / 28
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2797 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #440 / 2138
  • Number of attempts: 5
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: #438 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 662 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #96 / 208
  • Number of attempts: 3
Build a six - 294 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #79 / 95
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment each number - 1025 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #96 / 249
  • Number of attempts: 6
snowflake fractal - 51 entries

From step 0 to step 3 of a fractal

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 167
  • Position: #17 / 20
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 6
  • Position: #303 / 400
  • Number of attempts: 2
Put the months in order - 974 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #41 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 15
move titles next to url, in quotes - 537 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #17 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 6
Sierpinski's Triangle - 86 entries

Build the famous fractal, Sierpinski's Triangle.

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #9 / 27
  • Number of attempts: 11
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #833 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1716 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 5
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