Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33791 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: #5845 / 7455
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4647 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1148 / 1276
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18801 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2918 / 3882
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1695 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1524 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: #326 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2875 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 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 1
comment and uncomment code inline - 1151 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: #283 / 328
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2493 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 2
Todo list specification - 403 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: #131 / 181
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 920 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: #197 / 219
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #965 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple addition - 332 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: #104 / 124
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 1008 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: #184 / 275
  • Number of attempts: 1
Create a table - 333 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #101 / 106
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 873 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: #199 / 294
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1311 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add Go XML to structure tags - 182 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: #64 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2430 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #376 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4312 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1107 / 1193
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3239 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #991 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3148 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2939 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5085 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1417 / 1750
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13143 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2541 / 3777
  • Number of attempts: 1
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