Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4567 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #1039 / 1114
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replace pattern with 1, 2, 3, ... on each line - 1151 entries

For each line replace a search pattern (in this case $) with numbers starting at 1 and then increasing by 1 for each replaced match. a$b$c$ -> a0b1c2

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #226 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33791 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: 46
  • Position: #7306 / 7455
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1435 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18808 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 60
  • Position: #3860 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2900 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 1
Bad Copy Syntax - 2054 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #507 / 535
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3616 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #1160 / 1174
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 86
  • Position: #1860 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 1
Cool or not? - 841 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #221 / 232
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11511 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #4171 / 4219
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #2048 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line under headers - 2072 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 60
  • Position: #502 / 510
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3785 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3631 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13169 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3394 / 3784
  • Number of attempts: 1
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