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Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: #200 / 7503
Number of attempts: 6

V to the i - 4860 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1094 / 1910
Number of attempts: 2

Extract argument from function - 2399 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #137 / 767
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2020 / 4246
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #426 / 1277
Number of attempts: 5

Add to end of each line... kinda - 344 entries

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #164 / 177
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #679 / 2153
Number of attempts: 9

Vim's not included features - 265 entries

Filter not included (-) features in a hypothetical installation of vim.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 33
Position: #47 / 69
Number of attempts: 1

Mirror Symmetry - 830 entries

Add backslashes.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 10
Position: #101 / 270
Number of attempts: 3

Swap assigned value - 681 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #153 / 262
Number of attempts: 3

camel riding - 796 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #41 / 282
Number of attempts: 5

I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1264 / 4218
Number of attempts: 4

-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #127 / 1143
Number of attempts: 4

Don't know what this is - 2044 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #51 / 591
Number of attempts: 5

Where should I put the Newline? - 897 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #366 / 445
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #843 / 3711
Number of attempts: 3

quotes inside quotes - 3200 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: #211 / 1091
Number of attempts: 9

Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #1976 / 3986
Number of attempts: 4

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: 36
Position: #69 / 138
Number of attempts: 1

Parsing with CSV: Unify lines and result. - 186 entries

col1;col2;col3;col4 A;1;4;5 A;3;4; A;1;4; # New output: col1;col2;col3;col4 A;1(2x);3;4(3x);5 any ideas?

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #52 / 78
Number of attempts: 1

abcd > a b c d - 300 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 23
Position: #228 / 229
Number of attempts: 1

The name of the game - 682 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #136 / 366
Number of attempts: 3

Vertical Limit - 2634 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Best score: 21
Best player score: 25
Position: #343 / 776
Number of attempts: 3

Switch function arguments - 2197 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #389 / 679
Number of attempts: 1

Append semicolon after expressions - 1068 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #55 / 424
Number of attempts: 3

Reverse and double space - 506 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 21
Position: #188 / 201
Number of attempts: 2

Remove semicolons after expressions - 671 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 12
Position: #259 / 266
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5114 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #201 / 1759
Number of attempts: 6

The meaning - 580 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #204 / 365
Number of attempts: 2

imports alignment (python) - 704 entries

Align as one import per line.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #90 / 200
Number of attempts: 2

Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #395 / 658
Number of attempts: 2

Assignment Alignment - 898 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #197 / 224
Number of attempts: 1

A Simple One - 1077 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #347 / 676
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse Simple Deletion - 865 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #280 / 464
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse characters in a line - 819 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 16
Position: #162 / 276
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1766 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 24
Position: #374 / 648
Number of attempts: 2

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