Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: #2878 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 12
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2201 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #909 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #4030 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3578 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 4
Switch function arguments - 2147 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #499 / 666
  • Number of attempts: 3
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #617 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13017 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2507 / 3745
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7173 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #559 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 3
Chris Armstrong
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Interested (borderline obsessed) in emerging technology, paradigm shifts and just things that make you say woh!

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