Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: #436 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 13
Swap values - 4661 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #823 / 1282
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2082 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2184 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 3
underscore_to_camelCase - 173 entries

Pointy haired boss decided we need to switch to camelCase. Let's get this over with.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #73 / 82
  • Number of attempts: 3
Scrambled numbers - 814 entries

Four is NOT 1. One is 1.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #163 / 185
  • Number of attempts: 5
Align commas - 1097 entries

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #193 / 247
  • Number of attempts: 2
From A to B - 591 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #150 / 159
  • Number of attempts: 2
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