Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33621 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: #831 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 9
Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #147 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #190 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10859 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1369 / 3064
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #388 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4989 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1216 / 1624
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11457 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #855 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
Stairstep digits - 394 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #82 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 865 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #30 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7907 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #263 / 2128
  • Number of attempts: 5
Order and join - 983 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #229 / 259
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #284 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10669 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2182 / 3684
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1577 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1200 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12815 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1582 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 4
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