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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: #1953 / 7455
  • Number of attempts: 13
One number per line - 18801 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #565 / 3882
  • Number of attempts: 9
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1240 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #199 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #261 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 9
Bad Copy Syntax - 2052 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #128 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #692 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 7
Interweave two blocks of text - 661 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #23 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: #193 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line under headers - 2072 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #135 / 510
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array transposition - 2430 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #151 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 10
calculations - 312 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #33 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 3
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