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Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 576 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #8 / 324
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2662 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #165 / 576
  • Number of attempts: 11
delete swap - 1834 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #240 / 570
  • Number of attempts: 7
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: 11
  • Position: #174 / 564
  • Number of attempts: 5
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