Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Fix the shell script! - 1731 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #222 / 420
  • Number of attempts: 1
simple replacements - 1264 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #146 / 283
  • Number of attempts: 1
Inverting Lines - 1565 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #4 / 424
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python dataclasses - 798 entries

Simple challenge to extract fields from a Python class

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #184 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33142 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: #4790 / 7309
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18498 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3153 / 3816
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3511 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #503 / 789
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11289 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3486 / 4144
  • Number of attempts: 6
Team names - 1790 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #556 / 575
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15852 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3214 / 4136
  • Number of attempts: 1
Two become one - 710 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: #139 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10566 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3114 / 3647
  • Number of attempts: 1
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