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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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 / 7364
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #478 / 1257
Number of attempts: 3

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #1238 / 3842
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values inside brackets - 2464 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #293 / 569
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1358 / 1879
Number of attempts: 3

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #362 / 840
Number of attempts: 3

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #776 / 3044
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #581 / 1144
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3668 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #232 / 826
Number of attempts: 3

Box it - 7827 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 28
Position: #1197 / 1864
Number of attempts: 2

Cool or not? - 793 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #88 / 226
Number of attempts: 5

multiple cursor alternative - 1474 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: #161 / 376
Number of attempts: 4

From argument to object - 1474 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: #298 / 450
Number of attempts: 1

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 735 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 38
Position: #156 / 174
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2886 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #242 / 700
Number of attempts: 6

Copy three lines - 2840 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #334 / 635
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 4790 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #1008 / 1585
Number of attempts: 5

That hyphen - 2556 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #255 / 695
Number of attempts: 4

Flip the bit - 119 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 10
Position: #59 / 70
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2811 / 4164
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #565 / 1258
Number of attempts: 3

Vice versa - 7803 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1360 / 2100
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2165 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: #453 / 662
Number of attempts: 4

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 639 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 / 203
Number of attempts: 4

Build a six - 272 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

Best score: 22
Best player score: 42
Position: #83 / 92
Number of attempts: 2

Increment each number - 977 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #160 / 242
Number of attempts: 1

Delete to the end of the current line - 784 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 / 384
Number of attempts: 1

Put the months in order - 932 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: #82 / 158
Number of attempts: 2

move titles next to url, in quotes - 504 entries

had trouble with something similar

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #86 / 135
Number of attempts: 3

Array transposition - 2378 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 23
Position: #265 / 443
Number of attempts: 3

Simple format (2) - 334 entries

try again!

Best score: 23
Best player score: 30
Position: #37 / 69
Number of attempts: 2

Collect List - 4264 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #415 / 1186
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1363 / 4161
Number of attempts: 5

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2364 / 3666
Number of attempts: 1

quotes inside quotes - 3125 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: #484 / 1072
Number of attempts: 2

switch variable - 5031 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #949 / 1735
Number of attempts: 3

Simple text editing with Vim - 12281 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1713 / 3580
Number of attempts: 6

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6557 entries

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

Best score: 32
Best player score: 37
Position: #546 / 1614
Number of attempts: 3