Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 23
  • Position: #2700 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #985 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values inside brackets - 2523 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #54 / 587
  • Number of attempts: 9
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2915 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #192 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1057 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #673 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #63 / 892
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1283 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 7
Basic renumbering - 5699 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #191 / 1273
  • Number of attempts: 13
Vice versa - 7974 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #494 / 2146
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array transposition - 2436 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #149 / 452
  • Number of attempts: 14
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #446 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #929 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1432 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1034 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple text editing with Vim - 13262 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1821 / 3810
  • Number of attempts: 3
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