Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4866 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #138 / 1913
  • Number of attempts: 5
From argument to object - 1553 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #414 / 470
  • Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1162 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #247 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #303 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 11
Stairstep digits - 414 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #92 / 153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5732 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #854 / 1278
  • Number of attempts: 1
Cartesian product - 274 entries

{1,2,3,4,5} X {1,2,3,4,5}

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 157
  • Position: #100 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the XML - 1050 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #284 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 1
Happy TvvO - 438 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #168 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3443 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1969 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 13037 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3579 / 3989
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7663 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 82
  • Position: #1826 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 2
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