Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33990 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: #1981 / 7510
  • Number of attempts: 9
One number per line - 18900 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #577 / 3903
  • Number of attempts: 12
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1273 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #158 / 266
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #302 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2081 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #144 / 542
  • Number of attempts: 7
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3649 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #325 / 1184
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3993 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #287 / 910
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #703 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1312 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line under headers - 2095 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #255 / 515
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1918 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1779 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 2
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