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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: 40
  • Position: #7160 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1137 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18896 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2702 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #542 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: 28
  • Position: #331 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1552 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: 20
  • Position: #340 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2595 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 278 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #77 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1079 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3521 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3174 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3308 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 14
  • Position: #1686 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 3
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