Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

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: 31
  • Position: #5491 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2076 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #1487 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2130 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1028 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 2
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1011 entries

convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #185 / 194
  • Number of attempts: 2
Line Zipper - 477 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #37 / 216
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove dupes from array - 1360 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #193 / 337
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7399 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #1354 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 1
Jonathan C. Dietrich
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Software Architect; Actor; Card/Board gamer; Neo-Hippy; Husband; Father; Co-oper; Beard handler

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