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: #1657 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #476 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #932 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 15
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #460 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #576 / 1169
  • Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #30 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 6
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: 13
  • Position: #117 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 10
Extract argument from function - 2364 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #368 / 755
  • Number of attempts: 5
Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #558 / 1630
  • Number of attempts: 2
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 540 entries

Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #63 / 129
  • Number of attempts: 7
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #256 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 7
comment and uncomment code inline - 1124 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: 12
  • Position: #266 / 323
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2800 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #211 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 5
Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #441 / 2138
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2227 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #443 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 662 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: 14
  • Position: #22 / 208
  • Number of attempts: 9
Delete to the end of the current line - 829 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #89 / 400
  • Number of attempts: 4
move titles next to url, in quotes - 537 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #44 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1828 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 6
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #381 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1717 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12994 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1743 / 3738
  • Number of attempts: 5
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