Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4591 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #590 / 1120
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33961 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: #2762 / 7499
  • Number of attempts: 6
Get mail address from outlook format - 656 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #199 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #945 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1972 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 6
Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2310 / 3091
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #1460 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3708 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
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