Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4504 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #945 / 1104
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replace pattern with 1, 2, 3, ... on each line - 1148 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: 40
  • Position: #189 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33703 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: #2260 / 7438
  • Number of attempts: 12
Add semicolons - 10877 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #648 / 3070
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 7915 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #393 / 1880
  • Number of attempts: 10
Vice versa - 7933 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #974 / 2134
  • Number of attempts: 6
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