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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33969 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: 27
  • Position: #3829 / 7502
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #682 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1625 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1667 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #571 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2397 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #458 / 766
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2204 / 4243
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16178 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3200 / 4217
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3135 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3198 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: 17
  • Position: #890 / 1090
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1412 / 1758
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13521 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1570 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 3
Kenny Lau
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我曉講廣東話， 我會講普通話， 日本語がわかる， I speak English, je parle français y hablo español :)

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