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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 28
  • Position: #4280 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4644 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #820 / 1275
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1860 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #223 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2369 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #618 / 756
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3704 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #953 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 4
comments galore - 1069 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #133 / 428
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2474 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #338 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #148 / 438
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3182 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: 16
  • Position: #617 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2306 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2152 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #610 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 1
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