Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1596 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #114 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat symbols in list - 1633 entries

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #225 / 351
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fizzbuzz - 586 entries

type the first 100 lines of the fizzbuzz problem

  • Best score: 44
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #58 / 169
  • Number of attempts: 1
Changing around text with citations - 340 entries

Based off of something I saw on reddit

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 71
  • Position: #86 / 94
  • Number of attempts: 1
Many duplicates - 1459 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #150 / 476
  • Number of attempts: 2
delete swap - 1801 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #114 / 561
  • Number of attempts: 3
Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1264 entries

Original by @BiddulphCaleb (http://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/6019f1c4642668000cee11e8) - had some extra spaces in output file.

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #158 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fix the shell script! - 2605 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #145 / 606
  • Number of attempts: 7
Fill in the chess board - 959 entries

Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #125 / 185
  • Number of attempts: 1
RUST match with enum for Coin - 183 entries

RUST match with enum for Coin rusty practice on vimgolf

  • Best score: 84
  • Best player score: 108
  • Position: #31 / 53
  • Number of attempts: 1
Making 3 line function a one liner. - 340 entries

Simple challenge for frequent action while programming.

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 4
  • Position: #102 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 1
Put a cross in the square - 235 entries

Put a cross in the square

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #60 / 92
  • Number of attempts: 1
Easy modification of ssh config - 382 entries

Just add another alias to each worker

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #58 / 115
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 28
  • Position: #4469 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 2
citizen_hacks_2019_part1 - 54 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition

  • Best score: 52
  • Best player score: 56
  • Position: #11 / 17
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add string initializers to an enum - 875 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #233 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 1
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