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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: 24
  • Position: #3041 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2546 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #381 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3646 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #125 / 1183
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract argument from function - 2401 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #376 / 768
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 5124 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #559 / 1670
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #634 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3860 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 1
Learn some german verbs - 547 entries

The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #74 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2249 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #448 / 687
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 867 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #90 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 2
Entries sort - 101 entries

It cames to my mind a weird idea : sorting parts of my .vimrc. Take few minutes to sort out this, it's easy !

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #28 / 42
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #863 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3355 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1023 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1363 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1726 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 3
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