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: #994 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2106 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4809 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1244 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 2
From argument to object - 1508 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #288 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11458 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2473 / 4199
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #246 / 448
  • Number of attempts: 2
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