Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Swap values - 4661 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #1263 / 1282
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 207
  • Position: #859 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #1629 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #4114 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 3
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3879 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 109
  • Position: #827 / 830
  • Number of attempts: 1
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