Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33910 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: #2398 / 7486
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18834 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #768 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 11
Com(m)a Trouble - 3958 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #356 / 899
  • Number of attempts: 8
Search and Replace 0 - 5040 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #727 / 1642
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11551 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3205 / 4233
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3917 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #351 / 837
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13343 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2020 / 3830
  • Number of attempts: 8
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7478 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #603 / 1840
  • Number of attempts: 9
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