Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

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: #1252 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #381 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 10
V to the i - 4818 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #659 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10887 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #836 / 3074
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1051 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #103 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #606 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #698 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1234 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7173 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #927 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 2
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