Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: #438 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values - 4651 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #48 / 1278
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #22 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 6
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #6 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 5
Start coding format - 155 entries

I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #9 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2599 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #121 / 702
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #635 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #226 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 8
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: 11
  • Position: #25 / 247
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #389 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 7
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #678 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7309 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #569 / 1805
  • Number of attempts: 5
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