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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: #1383 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values - 4651 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #455 / 1278
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2198 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values inside brackets - 2522 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #124 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #229 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 9
Extract argument from function - 2372 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #361 / 757
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1125 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 5
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #303 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5693 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #124 / 1271
  • Number of attempts: 11
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #953 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2430 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #203 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 8
convert yml into java pojo field - 866 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #15 / 229
  • Number of attempts: 4
Collect List - 4312 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #591 / 1193
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1162 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2327 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3182 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: #294 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1675 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13183 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1694 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 5
Rajesh Sharma
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