Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: 24
  • Position: #2958 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #887 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18896 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2113 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #483 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #341 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 5
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #397 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 3
Copy three lines - 2911 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #371 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2437 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #925 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 884 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: 17
  • Position: #213 / 296
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1604 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 1030 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #210 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #968 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2933 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1123 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2938 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3031 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7649 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #1048 / 1882
  • Number of attempts: 2
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