Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33392 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: 25
  • Position: #3130 / 7365
  • Number of attempts: 5
Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #616 / 1258
  • Number of attempts: 7
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 840 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #219 / 287
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 956 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #230 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 1
Condensed Cases - 788 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #69 / 242
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3079 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10628 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2675 / 3667
  • Number of attempts: 3
John Mahowald
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