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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33715 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 / 7440
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values - 4639 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #481 / 1273
Number of attempts: 3

One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #1246 / 3869
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values inside brackets - 2507 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #300 / 582
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4813 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1365 / 1897
Number of attempts: 3

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2890 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #370 / 855
Number of attempts: 3

Add semicolons - 10879 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #783 / 3071
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3597 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #590 / 1167
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3865 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #243 / 873
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 7915 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 28
Position: #1208 / 1880
Number of attempts: 2

Cool or not? - 829 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #90 / 230
Number of attempts: 5

multiple cursor alternative - 1521 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: #164 / 381
Number of attempts: 4

From argument to object - 1509 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: #304 / 459
Number of attempts: 1

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 38
Position: #160 / 178
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #244 / 704
Number of attempts: 6

Copy three lines - 2875 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #336 / 641
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #1039 / 1630
Number of attempts: 5

That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #259 / 701
Number of attempts: 4

Flip the bit - 129 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 10
Position: #63 / 74
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11477 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2816 / 4206
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #571 / 1268
Number of attempts: 3

Vice versa - 7937 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1374 / 2136
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2225 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: #462 / 676
Number of attempts: 4

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 662 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 / 208
Number of attempts: 4

Build a six - 294 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

Best score: 22
Best player score: 42
Position: #86 / 95
Number of attempts: 2

Increment each number - 1025 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #163 / 249
Number of attempts: 1

Delete to the end of the current line - 814 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 / 392
Number of attempts: 1

Put the months in order - 974 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: #85 / 163
Number of attempts: 2

move titles next to url, in quotes - 537 entries

had trouble with something similar

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #88 / 142
Number of attempts: 3

Array transposition - 2425 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 23
Position: #269 / 449
Number of attempts: 3

Simple format (2) - 335 entries

try again!

Best score: 23
Best player score: 30
Position: #38 / 70
Number of attempts: 2

Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #415 / 1191
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1368 / 4188
Number of attempts: 5

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2376 / 3687
Number of attempts: 1

quotes inside quotes - 3165 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: #487 / 1079
Number of attempts: 2

switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #955 / 1749
Number of attempts: 3

Simple text editing with Vim - 12954 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1751 / 3729
Number of attempts: 6

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7124 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 37
Position: #568 / 1745
Number of attempts: 3