Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: 29
  • Position: #4681 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #445 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5045 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1135 / 1644
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3488 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1045 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3493 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10721 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3140 / 3704
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2687 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1416 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13427 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2349 / 3849
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7533 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #779 / 1852
  • Number of attempts: 3
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