Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33483 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: #5830 / 7384
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4554 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #220 / 1259
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18673 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1459 / 3852
  • Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4771 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #563 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2902 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #343 / 702
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array propagate - 332 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #10 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 4
That hyphen - 2572 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #245 / 698
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11380 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2615 / 4174
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1812 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #427 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5605 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #106 / 1260
  • Number of attempts: 11
Vice versa - 7865 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1071 / 2114
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array transposition - 2407 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #324 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15946 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2211 / 4166
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1243 / 3677
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12868 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2415 / 3950
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reverse Simple Deletion - 834 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #333 / 455
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12491 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1640 / 3626
  • Number of attempts: 5
Marcos Almeida
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