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Increment each number - 126 entries
Increment each number individually by one
Simple, Practical, and Common - 22184 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.
snowflake fractal - 17 entries
From step 0 to step 3 of a fractal
simple format - 1448 entries
make it look better.
One to Ten - 331 entries
Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 710 entries
easy stuff
One number per line - 11126 entries
Just give me the numbers.
Build a six - 111 entries
Just enjoy building "a" floors...
Applying same text modification in several lines - 1137 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
I forgot quotes - 10620 entries
Oops.
Delete to the end of the current line - 259 entries
Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.
move titles next to url, in quotes - 130 entries
had trouble with something similar
Com(m)a Trouble - 956 entries
Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?
Swap values inside brackets - 1097 entries
Easy challenge.
Just the middle - 8671 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
Words in parens - 10548 entries
We should all ace this, right?
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9226 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
Put the months in order - 222 entries
Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 245 entries
Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.
Vice versa - 5552 entries
Little role switching.
Simple text editing with Vim - 10059 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
Swap values - 3272 entries
Well, swap the values...
convert yml into java pojo field - 556 entries
How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file
Team names - 1305 entries
The team names are misspelled.
Basic renumbering - 4313 entries
Renumbering Basic.
Collect List - 3246 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
Array transposition - 1387 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
V to the i - 3652 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
Every other line - 1905 entries
AaAaAaA
Copy three lines - 1815 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 5388 entries
A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.
multiple cursor alternative - 963 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
Split line with dots - 1731 entries
This line is too long, split it.
From argument to object - 1024 entries
This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?
switch variable - 4179 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
Simple format (2) - 149 entries
try again!
-a-b-c- - 2421 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
attr_aligner - 2847 entries
Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.
quotes inside quotes - 2672 entries
taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)
Search and Replace 0 - 3898 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 198 entries
Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/
Python challenge - 70 entries
Change the types of the variables in the list from str to float, while keeping the truncation.
That hyphen - 1933 entries
"vim vi improved"
unknown command - 90 entries
I want change 5 words
comment and uncomment code inline - 685 entries
It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.
Extract argument from function - 1866 entries
The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.
Learn some german verbs - 350 entries
The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.
Missing Library and a Typo - 638 entries
I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.
Adam's challenge - 684 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
Don't know what this is - 1668 entries
Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.