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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: 22
  • Position: #1176 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #348 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 9
multiple cursor alternative - 1521 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #267 / 381
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1513 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: 17
  • Position: #75 / 460
  • Number of attempts: 3
Array propagate - 338 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #34 / 119
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1026 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 5
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #54 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 5
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 264 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #65 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #796 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 4
Array transposition - 2425 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #255 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1349 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1210 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1637 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 4
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