Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1656 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #145 / 555
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33586 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: #1914 / 7409
  • Number of attempts: 15
Swap values - 4610 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #291 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18711 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #552 / 3858
  • Number of attempts: 19
V to the i - 4798 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #680 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10848 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1042 / 3061
  • Number of attempts: 7
Bad Copy Syntax - 2028 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #113 / 522
  • Number of attempts: 8
Split line with dots - 2144 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #531 / 634
  • Number of attempts: 9
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3574 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #287 / 1158
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3796 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #271 / 860
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 7902 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #193 / 1874
  • Number of attempts: 11
Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #45 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 12
Just the middle - 11423 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1288 / 4185
  • Number of attempts: 7
Basic renumbering - 5645 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #194 / 1263
  • Number of attempts: 9
Vice versa - 7903 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #493 / 2125
  • Number of attempts: 6
One to Ten - 2209 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: 12
  • Position: #178 / 669
  • Number of attempts: 10
Array transposition - 2416 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #19 / 447
  • Number of attempts: 13
I forgot quotes - 15974 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #927 / 4175
  • Number of attempts: 8
-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #264 / 1137
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 12928 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1753 / 3960
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5068 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #570 / 1747
  • Number of attempts: 5
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