Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33664 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: 32
  • Position: #5859 / 7429
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4635 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #220 / 1271
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1462 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4813 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #563 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #343 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array propagate - 338 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #10 / 119
  • Number of attempts: 4
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #246 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11473 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2617 / 4205
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1836 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #429 / 588
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5673 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #106 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 11
Vice versa - 7922 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1075 / 2132
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #325 / 448
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16007 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2221 / 4186
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1243 / 3687
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12944 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2425 / 3965
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reverse Simple Deletion - 854 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #334 / 460
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12883 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1663 / 3713
  • Number of attempts: 5
Marcos Almeida
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