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Search and Replace 0 - 5042 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #1588 / 1643
  • Number of attempts: 2
Letters are numbers - 167 entries

Letters and numbers are interchangeable. A lot of programming languages give you simple ways to convert individual letters to hex, binary and decimal but does Vim?

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #16 / 76
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse Simple Deletion - 862 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #410 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat most common surnames - 795 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #160 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1750 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #538 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3032 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 2
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