Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4567 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #936 / 1114
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: 35
  • Position: #6669 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18799 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2215 / 3881
  • Number of attempts: 5
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #621 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2515 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #551 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1189 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 6
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 672 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #83 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 5
Put the months in order - 979 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 53
  • Position: #135 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #4171 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3559 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
Lorenzo Swank
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