Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: 24
  • Position: #2885 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #556 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2144 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 1
underscore_to_camelCase - 187 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #13 / 84
  • Number of attempts: 2
comments galore - 1079 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #150 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 2
Inner hyphens - 146 entries

Yet another hyphen challenge. Adding 5 hyphens to a file shouldn't be too hard.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #45 / 87
  • Number of attempts: 1
Scrambled numbers - 829 entries

Four is NOT 1. One is 1.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #139 / 186
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #718 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2163 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2115 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1536 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 1
Jason Choi
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A leisurely, confident IT enthusiast and perfectionist.

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