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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: #4766 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1556 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #15 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 10
From argument to object - 1543 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: 18
  • Position: #218 / 468
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2456 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #253 / 456
  • Number of attempts: 5
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