Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

Changelog, Rules & FAQ, updates: @vimgolf, RSS.

Your VimGolf key: please sign in

$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4d1a71b5b8cb340932000109

Change the content of a string

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Start file

def add(a, b):
    """ Subtracts "x" from "y" """
    return a + b

End file

def add(a, b):
    """ Adds "a" to "b" """
    return a + b

View Diff

2c2
<     """ Subtracts "x" from "y" """
---
>     """ Adds "a" to "b" """

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

:1,$ s/Subtracts/Adds/<CR>:1,$ s/x/a/<CR>:1,$ s/from/to/<CR>:1,$ s/y/b/<CR>:w<CR>:q<CR>

Created by: @wolever Tweet

612 active golfers, 1659 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

23

#331 - Qishuai Liu / @LiuQishuai

01/10/2023 at 01:14PM

23

#332 - Berkay Berabi / @BerkayBerabi

05/01/2023 at 05:17PM

23

#333 - Pablo Acuna / @pacuna

10/24/2024 at 12:18AM

23

#334 - bounce114 / @bounce114

12/02/2024 at 02:35AM

23

#335 - Anton Savelyev / @PoiXP

01/03/2025 at 11:00PM

23

#336 - Sergii Pidgornyi / @spodgorn

02/14/2025 at 12:31AM

23

#337 - Nalfein (Kenny) / @Nalfein16

05/15/2025 at 07:35PM

23

#338 - thomasyang18 / @thomasyang18

05/17/2025 at 12:35AM

23

#339 - Graham Pye / @Fraham

05/20/2025 at 10:04PM

23

#340 - ffseq / @ffseq

06/23/2025 at 03:23AM

24

#341 - Samus_ Michael / @gonna_hate

12/29/2010 at 04:59AM

24

#342 - uuu / @uu59

12/29/2010 at 11:54PM

24

#343 - Cristi Balan / @evilchelu

01/01/2011 at 06:42AM

24

#344 - vTsoumenis / @kioopi

01/02/2011 at 05:48PM

24

#345 - Nick / @quinks25

01/10/2011 at 04:41AM

24

#346 - Solomon White / @rubysolo

02/08/2011 at 05:28PM

24

#347 - Jeyant Randhawa / @jeyant1987

05/17/2011 at 08:10AM

24

#348 - Damian Dawber / @damian6970

06/05/2011 at 01:28PM

24

#349 - Domon / @Domon

09/11/2012 at 10:45AM

24

#350 - Marcin Radomski / @_dextero

11/15/2012 at 08:06PM

24

#351 - David Hoeffer / @dhoeffer

04/25/2013 at 02:21AM

24

#352 - Gwilym Kuiper / @gwilymk

07/11/2013 at 08:18PM

24

#353 - cj / @cj01101

08/08/2013 at 12:31PM

24

#354 - nona urbiz / @nospampleasemam

09/28/2013 at 07:00AM

24

#355 - NuM / @NuM314

10/05/2013 at 10:50PM

24

#356 - Nicholas Lee-Hone / @NicholasLeeHone

10/17/2014 at 05:25AM

24

#357 - Josu Oyanguren / @josuoyanguren

12/18/2014 at 05:26PM

24

#358 - SilentFl / @Silent_Fl

01/27/2015 at 02:29PM

24

#359 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

03/04/2015 at 12:21PM

24

#360 - Sigurður Ægir Jónsso / @siggiae

03/27/2015 at 08:41AM