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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: 22
Position: #1693 / 7513
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values - 4705 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #484 / 1293
Number of attempts: 3

One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #1254 / 3904
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values inside brackets - 2551 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #306 / 594
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4883 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1373 / 1914
Number of attempts: 3

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2931 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #375 / 867
Number of attempts: 3

Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #793 / 3098
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #598 / 1185
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3993 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #250 / 910
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 28
Position: #1219 / 1901
Number of attempts: 2

Cool or not? - 881 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #91 / 237
Number of attempts: 5

multiple cursor alternative - 1591 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #165 / 388
Number of attempts: 4

From argument to object - 1566 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 19
Position: #312 / 471
Number of attempts: 1

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 773 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 38
Position: #164 / 182
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2951 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #245 / 712
Number of attempts: 6

Copy three lines - 2923 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #339 / 647
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #1062 / 1674
Number of attempts: 5

That hyphen - 2646 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #261 / 711
Number of attempts: 4

Flip the bit - 144 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 10
Position: #68 / 81
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2828 / 4255
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5733 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #580 / 1279
Number of attempts: 3

Vice versa - 8019 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1383 / 2157
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2258 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: #469 / 688
Number of attempts: 4

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 691 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #25 / 214
Number of attempts: 4

Build a six - 315 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

Best score: 22
Best player score: 42
Position: #93 / 102
Number of attempts: 2

Increment each number - 1067 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #168 / 260
Number of attempts: 1

Delete to the end of the current line - 882 entries

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

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #109 / 418
Number of attempts: 1

Put the months in order - 1001 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 40
Position: #86 / 168
Number of attempts: 2

move titles next to url, in quotes - 565 entries

had trouble with something similar

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #91 / 149
Number of attempts: 3

Array transposition - 2481 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 23
Position: #272 / 461
Number of attempts: 3

Simple format (2) - 365 entries

try again!

Best score: 23
Best player score: 30
Position: #40 / 73
Number of attempts: 2

Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #415 / 1200
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1380 / 4224
Number of attempts: 5

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2389 / 3715
Number of attempts: 1

quotes inside quotes - 3202 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: 15
Position: #491 / 1093
Number of attempts: 2

switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #964 / 1764
Number of attempts: 3

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: 14
Position: #1791 / 3902
Number of attempts: 6

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 37
Position: #597 / 1889
Number of attempts: 3