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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: #1704 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #505 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 8
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2880 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #375 / 851
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3586 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #176 / 1162
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7905 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #609 / 1876
  • Number of attempts: 5
html paragraph to table - 606 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #25 / 126
  • Number of attempts: 11
One to Ten - 2219 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: #99 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1182 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 11
Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2722 / 3963
  • Number of attempts: 4
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