Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: #1400 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 10
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #237 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #445 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 13
Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #16 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1132 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #162 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #127 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 9
Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #381 / 2138
  • Number of attempts: 8
Array transposition - 2425 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #122 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 18
Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #378 / 1191
  • Number of attempts: 11
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #767 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 11
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1283 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #904 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 12989 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #540 / 3737
  • Number of attempts: 3
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