Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4567 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #125 / 1114
  • Number of attempts: 6
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: #829 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #189 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #854 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 4
On Being Stylish - 81 entries

Your PR cannot be accepted if you don't follow our corporate style guide.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #11 / 21
  • Number of attempts: 5
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 873 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #27 / 294
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2240 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #323 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 9
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #549 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2190 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 1
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