Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Data reformat - 251 entries

Reformat this copy-paste data! #csv

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 96
  • Position: #49 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 3
xrandr outputs and dashes - 624 entries

uh oh, different video drivers identify display outputs with more dashes. Quick, need to change this xrandr script!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #40 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 5
Yo To Hello - 1074 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #128 / 494
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33100 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: 24
  • Position: #3037 / 7301
  • Number of attempts: 11
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6096 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #558 / 1489
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10716 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1464 / 3022
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7725 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #747 / 1844
  • Number of attempts: 10
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6222 entries

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

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #937 / 1531
  • Number of attempts: 9
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