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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: 26
Position: #3656 / 7442
Number of attempts: 7

Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 18
Position: #1151 / 1274
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 23
Position: #3033 / 3870
Number of attempts: 2

Swap values inside brackets - 2511 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 31
Position: #549 / 583
Number of attempts: 1

Unsemantic linewrapping - 928 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

Best score: 9
Best player score: 15
Position: #203 / 231
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4813 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #1721 / 1897
Number of attempts: 3

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2897 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #586 / 857
Number of attempts: 4

Swap the operands under comparison - 297 entries

Swap the operands under comparison to prevent null pointer exception (at least in java)

Best score: 19
Best player score: 29
Position: #88 / 101
Number of attempts: 2

Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 16
Position: #2373 / 3072
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #640 / 1169
Number of attempts: 7

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 61
Position: #173 / 178
Number of attempts: 1

Array propagate - 338 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

Best score: 23
Best player score: 32
Position: #95 / 119
Number of attempts: 1

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: #375 / 755
Number of attempts: 4

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: 49
Position: #124 / 129
Number of attempts: 2

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: 26
Position: #315 / 323
Number of attempts: 2

Make HTML List - 1061 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 54
Position: #246 / 274
Number of attempts: 1

Todo list specification - 399 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 41
Position: #168 / 179
Number of attempts: 1

Missing Library and a Typo - 893 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 25
Position: #196 / 214
Number of attempts: 2

Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #773 / 1269
Number of attempts: 1

Adam's challenge - 987 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 23
Position: #224 / 271
Number of attempts: 6

Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 867 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #220 / 292
Number of attempts: 2

Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 19
Position: #1834 / 2138
Number of attempts: 1

C Reformatting - 690 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

Best score: 30
Best player score: 55
Position: #104 / 163
Number of attempts: 4

Alsa configuration - 513 entries

I'm tweaking my ~/.asoundrc file!

Best score: 22
Best player score: 34
Position: #104 / 128
Number of attempts: 1

Align commas - 1095 entries

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 24
Position: #233 / 246
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: 15
Position: #527 / 677
Number of attempts: 1

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: 26
Position: #207 / 208
Number of attempts: 1

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: 8
Position: #378 / 400
Number of attempts: 1

Reorder the groups - 1182 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 30
Position: #245 / 265
Number of attempts: 2

Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #861 / 1191
Number of attempts: 1

camel riding - 793 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

Best score: 15
Best player score: 17
Position: #192 / 281
Number of attempts: 2

Space out the alphabet - 1659 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 19
Position: #258 / 446
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 19
Position: #3525 / 4189
Number of attempts: 1

Don't know what this is - 2024 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #534 / 586
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 15
Position: #3187 / 3689
Number of attempts: 3

attr_aligner - 3522 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 42
Position: #644 / 703
Number of attempts: 3

quotes inside quotes - 3165 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #928 / 1079
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 17
Position: #2729 / 3969
Number of attempts: 2

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1606 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 15
Position: #412 / 446
Number of attempts: 1

Saving the hashes(#) - 2063 entries

The following file is copied from vimcasts.org(Its only for learning purpose,hope the site owner doesn't mind it), its probably the easiest of challenges.Our goal is to delete every line which doesn't contain a hash signs. The remaining hash signs with numbers are then sorted to get the final output.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 31
Position: #412 / 480
Number of attempts: 2

Convert pandoc unordered list to a numbered list - 166 entries

I know it's possible to use #. in pandoc to auto-generate numbered lists, but then it's not easy to tell how many items there are when reading it in Markdown. How fast can you make the switch?

Best score: 20
Best player score: 38
Position: #44 / 57
Number of attempts: 1

Vertical Limit - 2552 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Best score: 21
Best player score: 30
Position: #669 / 757
Number of attempts: 3

replacing each line of a block selection - 3001 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Best score: 18
Best player score: 37
Position: #754 / 778
Number of attempts: 1

Switch function arguments - 2142 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #514 / 665
Number of attempts: 2

Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #413 / 652
Number of attempts: 2

Shebangs for all - 2018 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 22
Position: #446 / 519
Number of attempts: 1

Change the content of a string - 1593 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 27
Position: #492 / 594
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 12996 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #2940 / 3739
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7157 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 56
Position: #1544 / 1755
Number of attempts: 1