Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 36
  • Position: #6781 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 2
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1231 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #248 / 254
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10891 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2665 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3610 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1111 / 1172
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 3890 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #800 / 882
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 74
  • Position: #1840 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #4109 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
Delete to the end of the current line - 847 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #334 / 406
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3954 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3849 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 1
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