Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1610 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #130 / 420
  • Number of attempts: 6
Many duplicates - 1472 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #156 / 480
  • Number of attempts: 4
2 quick changes and a numbered list - 660 entries

The ascii will not be lost, but rather numbered in 4 digit blocks with leading zeros.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #68 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 9
delete swap - 1834 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #120 / 570
  • Number of attempts: 2
Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1294 entries

Original by @BiddulphCaleb (http://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/6019f1c4642668000cee11e8) - had some extra spaces in output file.

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #144 / 277
  • Number of attempts: 8
Fix the shell script! - 2663 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #277 / 619
  • Number of attempts: 3
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1680 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #232 / 564
  • Number of attempts: 3
hello-world-vimgolf - 2523 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #218 / 722
  • Number of attempts: 3
swap number pairs - 2169 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #218 / 393
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #347 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 6
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