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Played Challenges

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: 17
  • Position: #246 / 576
  • Number of attempts: 5
Many duplicates - 1481 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #44 / 481
  • Number of attempts: 2
delete swap - 1880 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #387 / 575
  • Number of attempts: 3
simple replacements - 1873 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #165 / 401
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2037 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3234 / 4243
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1463 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change attribute to getter - 172 entries

Wrap attributes with a getter method.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #36 / 65
  • Number of attempts: 5
Delete to the end of the current line - 865 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #275 / 415
  • Number of attempts: 3
quotes inside quotes - 3198 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #369 / 1090
  • Number of attempts: 4
Get rid of html tags - 453 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #144 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 2
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