Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: 31
  • Position: #5617 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4705 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #234 / 1293
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #3801 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1118 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 5
Team names - 1861 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #157 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 5
Basic renumbering - 5733 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #125 / 1279
  • Number of attempts: 11
Vice versa - 8019 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #375 / 2157
  • Number of attempts: 7
Array transposition - 2481 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #122 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 10
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2264 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1271 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2988 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #538 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 5
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