Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #1783 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 10
Swap values - 4667 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #766 / 1284
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3047 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1379 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2920 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #384 / 864
  • Number of attempts: 6
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #255 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 13
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #481 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 14
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2850 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #943 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1082 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1385 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 7
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3853 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #553 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 5
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