Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: 32
  • Position: #5823 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1140 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2908 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4802 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1690 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 20
  • Position: #322 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2872 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #450 / 640
  • Number of attempts: 1
comment and uncomment code inline - 1122 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #277 / 322
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2490 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 2
Todo list specification - 399 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #130 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 887 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #191 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5648 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #961 / 1264
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple addition - 326 entries

The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #102 / 122
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 984 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #180 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 1
Create a table - 332 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #100 / 105
  • 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: 16
  • Position: #198 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7907 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1303 / 2128
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add Go XML to structure tags - 170 entries

The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #60 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #374 / 448
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1104 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3226 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #990 / 1137
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3137 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2931 / 3963
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1415 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12811 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2496 / 3694
  • Number of attempts: 1
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