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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33717 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: #3264 / 7441
  • Number of attempts: 10
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3315 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1521 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #284 / 381
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11479 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1654 / 4207
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 865 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: 13
  • Position: #9 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 4
convert yml into java pojo field - 857 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #169 / 227
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #545 / 4188
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10679 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #3271 / 3688
  • Number of attempts: 1
Evan Relf
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Aspiring computer scientist, functional programming enthusiast

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