Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33256 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: #801 / 7337
  • Number of attempts: 9
Swap values - 4513 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #139 / 1250
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18574 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #173 / 3834
  • Number of attempts: 8
From argument to object - 1451 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #356 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2877 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #166 / 698
  • Number of attempts: 8
comment and uncomment code inline - 1048 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #56 / 309
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11331 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #832 / 4156
  • Number of attempts: 5
Un"finnish"ed Work - 107 entries

Replace å by a, ä by a and ö by o.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #44 / 56
  • Number of attempts: 2
Create a table - 325 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #15 / 104
  • Number of attempts: 5
Vice versa - 7708 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #254 / 2084
  • Number of attempts: 11
Array transposition - 2346 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #348 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15890 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #536 / 4152
  • Number of attempts: 9
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10595 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1086 / 3657
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12824 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2666 / 3939
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12045 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1567 / 3528
  • Number of attempts: 3
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