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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33791 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: #1639 / 7455
  • Number of attempts: 9
One number per line - 18801 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #491 / 3882
  • Number of attempts: 10
Swap values inside brackets - 2521 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #247 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 8
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #360 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 6
Add string initializers to an enum - 884 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #4 / 261
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1013 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 5
Bad Copy Syntax - 2052 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #344 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3614 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #108 / 1173
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #177 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2794 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2240 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: 12
  • Position: #36 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 5
Build a six - 306 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #10 / 99
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete to the end of the current line - 849 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #80 / 407
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1830 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2372 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13143 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2330 / 3777
  • Number of attempts: 3
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