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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: 17
  • Position: #676 / 1090
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13029 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1918 / 3985
  • Number of attempts: 3
Pairs of numbers - 387 entries

Line 1 represents x, line 2 y-data. Bring the corresponding pairs in the form "[x,y]\n"

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #124 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete unwanted lines - 441 entries

Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #219 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2197 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #556 / 679
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1316 / 1758
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13521 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2485 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7584 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #849 / 1872
  • Number of attempts: 3
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