Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

swap number pairs - 2173 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #258 / 394
  • Number of attempts: 5
Rural Post - 4596 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #852 / 1122
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: 31
  • Position: #5532 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #150 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2104 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #470 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2418 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #360 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3596 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #774 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 6
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