Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Yo To Hello - 1156 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #106 / 537
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: #3418 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 3
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #192 / 1562
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2807 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 4
Quote modules - 1102 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #130 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1915 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 1
Bad Copy Syntax - 2088 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #197 / 543
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #417 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3993 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #115 / 910
  • Number of attempts: 10
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #758 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 3
html paragraph to table - 635 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #48 / 131
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1386 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line under headers - 2095 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #181 / 515
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2481 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #164 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #484 / 1200
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1982 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1522 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1838 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 4
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