Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Fix the shell script! - 2606 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #318 / 607
  • Number of attempts: 1
simple replacements - 1829 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #191 / 394
  • Number of attempts: 1
Inverting Lines - 1923 entries

A simple challenge to invert all lines, except the first.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #4 / 516
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python dataclasses - 1215 entries

Simple challenge to extract fields from a Python class

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #267 / 301
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: #4872 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18799 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3200 / 3881
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3907 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #557 / 886
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3543 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 6
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #571 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3259 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 1
Two become one - 716 entries

We have two c arrays and want to make one two dimensional out of it. Can we do that?

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #141 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3158 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
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