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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34033 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: 28
  • Position: #4307 / 7519
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4707 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #827 / 1294
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4887 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1875 / 1916
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #224 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2429 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #633 / 773
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11630 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3732 / 4261
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #964 / 1281
  • Number of attempts: 4
comments galore - 1101 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #133 / 433
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16240 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2493 / 4226
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #340 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 912 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #148 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3203 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 :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #621 / 1094
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13058 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2320 / 3993
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2237 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #628 / 687
  • Number of attempts: 1
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