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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 - 33929 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 / 7489
Number of attempts: 6

V to the i - 4833 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1092 / 1904
Number of attempts: 2

Extract argument from function - 2379 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #137 / 760
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2018 / 4234
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #424 / 1274
Number of attempts: 5

Add to end of each line... kinda - 339 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: #163 / 176
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #677 / 2147
Number of attempts: 9

Vim's not included features - 250 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 33
Position: #45 / 67
Number of attempts: 1

Mirror Symmetry - 822 entries

Add backslashes.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 10
Position: #100 / 269
Number of attempts: 3

Swap assigned value - 671 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #152 / 259
Number of attempts: 3

camel riding - 793 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #41 / 281
Number of attempts: 5

I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1261 / 4208
Number of attempts: 4

-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #127 / 1140
Number of attempts: 4

Don't know what this is - 2025 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 / 587
Number of attempts: 5

Where should I put the Newline? - 885 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #365 / 439
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #843 / 3703
Number of attempts: 3

quotes inside quotes - 3185 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 / 1086
Number of attempts: 9

Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #1972 / 3979
Number of attempts: 4

Pairs of numbers - 364 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: #68 / 137
Number of attempts: 1

Parsing with CSV: Unify lines and result. - 179 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: #51 / 77
Number of attempts: 1

abcd > a b c d - 299 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 23
Position: #227 / 228
Number of attempts: 1

The name of the game - 678 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #136 / 363
Number of attempts: 3

Vertical Limit - 2610 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 25
Position: #340 / 771
Number of attempts: 3

Switch function arguments - 2188 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #387 / 676
Number of attempts: 1

Append semicolon after expressions - 1061 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #55 / 421
Number of attempts: 3

Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 21
Position: #186 / 199
Number of attempts: 2

Remove semicolons after expressions - 669 entries

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

Best score: 6
Best player score: 12
Position: #259 / 265
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #201 / 1756
Number of attempts: 6

The meaning - 577 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #204 / 364
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 - 1941 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #394 / 657
Number of attempts: 2

Assignment Alignment - 897 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #196 / 223
Number of attempts: 1

A Simple One - 1070 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 / 673
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse Simple Deletion - 862 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #280 / 463
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse characters in a line - 806 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #160 / 271
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1750 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 24
Position: #372 / 639
Number of attempts: 2

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