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Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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 / 7364
Number of attempts: 6

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1080 / 1879
Number of attempts: 2

Extract argument from function - 2314 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #137 / 744
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2005 / 4164
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #414 / 1258
Number of attempts: 5

Add to end of each line... kinda - 325 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: #160 / 171
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7805 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #666 / 2101
Number of attempts: 9

Vim's not included features - 210 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 33
Position: #41 / 62
Number of attempts: 1

Mirror Symmetry - 798 entries

Add backslashes.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 10
Position: #97 / 266
Number of attempts: 3

Swap assigned value - 626 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #148 / 250
Number of attempts: 3

camel riding - 769 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #41 / 274
Number of attempts: 5

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #1250 / 4161
Number of attempts: 4

-a-b-c- - 3176 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #127 / 1129
Number of attempts: 4

Don't know what this is - 1978 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 / 578
Number of attempts: 5

Where should I put the Newline? - 863 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #361 / 431
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10628 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #843 / 3667
Number of attempts: 3

quotes inside quotes - 3125 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 / 1072
Number of attempts: 9

Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #1951 / 3946
Number of attempts: 4

Pairs of numbers - 360 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: #67 / 133
Number of attempts: 1

Parsing with CSV: Unify lines and result. - 165 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: #49 / 73
Number of attempts: 1

abcd > a b c d - 280 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 23
Position: #217 / 218
Number of attempts: 1

The name of the game - 650 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #136 / 356
Number of attempts: 3

Vertical Limit - 2448 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 25
Position: #326 / 738
Number of attempts: 3

Switch function arguments - 2082 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #370 / 652
Number of attempts: 1

Append semicolon after expressions - 1005 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #55 / 403
Number of attempts: 3

Reverse and double space - 489 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 21
Position: #182 / 194
Number of attempts: 2

Remove semicolons after expressions - 628 entries

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

Best score: 6
Best player score: 12
Position: #252 / 258
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #201 / 1736
Number of attempts: 6

The meaning - 558 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #204 / 356
Number of attempts: 2

imports alignment (python) - 661 entries

Align as one import per line.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #88 / 194
Number of attempts: 2

Numbering a List - 1859 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #381 / 639
Number of attempts: 2

Assignment Alignment - 832 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #190 / 215
Number of attempts: 1

A Simple One - 1001 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 / 643
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse Simple Deletion - 832 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #276 / 454
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse characters in a line - 709 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: #146 / 249
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1476 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 24
Position: #318 / 558
Number of attempts: 2

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