Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1599 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 75
  • Position: #239 / 419
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat symbols in list - 1635 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #122 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fizzbuzz - 586 entries

type the first 100 lines of the fizzbuzz problem

  • Best score: 44
  • Best player score: 71
  • Position: #65 / 169
  • Number of attempts: 2
Changing around text with citations - 340 entries

Based off of something I saw on reddit

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #52 / 94
  • Number of attempts: 3
Many duplicates - 1465 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #138 / 478
  • Number of attempts: 4
delete swap - 1818 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #92 / 567
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fix the shell script! - 2651 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #461 / 616
  • Number of attempts: 2
Generate a very basic Python constructor - 323 entries

I actually needed to do this myself, so I look forward to learning how.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 76
  • Position: #87 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
HS Final exam vimgolf - 913 entries

Change the initial file to a single line containing all names comma-separated with numbers inside parentheses.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #162 / 241
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 32
  • Position: #6028 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7974 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #598 / 2146
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7415 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #1166 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 1
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