Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2250 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1420 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2929 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #611 / 866
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2229 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #439 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3646 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #255 / 1183
  • Number of attempts: 4
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 562 entries

Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #111 / 134
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #540 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 2
Join 'em - 257 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #89 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete to the end of the current line - 867 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #181 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1944 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1029 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 1
abcd > a b c d - 300 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #175 / 229
  • Number of attempts: 1
Switch function arguments - 2204 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #167 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 5
switch variable - 5120 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1444 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 1
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