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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33586 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: 35
  • Position: #6492 / 7409
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4610 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1166 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #663 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11423 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2194 / 4185
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5645 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1031 / 1263
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7903 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1804 / 2125
  • Number of attempts: 2
comments galore - 1041 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #376 / 423
  • Number of attempts: 2
From A to B - 591 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #159 / 159
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1657 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #400 / 444
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15974 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2856 / 4175
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #959 / 1137
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10657 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2772 / 3679
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3157 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #885 / 1076
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12928 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2322 / 3960
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6901 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #1035 / 1690
  • Number of attempts: 1
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