Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: 25
  • Position: #3334 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18798 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #472 / 3880
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values inside brackets - 2521 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #246 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2907 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #73 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3907 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #650 / 886
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2760 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple format (2) - 335 entries

try again!

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #61 / 70
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3658 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1705 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 4
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