Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Replace pattern with 1, 2, 3, ... on each line - 1158 entries

For each line replace a search pattern (in this case $) with numbers starting at 1 and then increasing by 1 for each replaced match. a$b$c$ -> a0b1c2

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #140 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: 25
  • Position: #3414 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4670 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1098 / 1285
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3286 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values inside brackets - 2539 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #354 / 590
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2329 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #940 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 4
Copy three lines - 2882 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #474 / 642
  • Number of attempts: 2
Start coding format - 155 entries

I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #37 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2374 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 4
Word frequency alignment - 296 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #160 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 3
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