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: 25
  • Position: #3286 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2595 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1656 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10891 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1836 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3890 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #284 / 882
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #704 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2155 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 4
change parenthesis - 296 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #134 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1907 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #395 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 4
Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #197 / 438
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3116 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1777 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 4
switch variable - 5085 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1242 / 1750
  • Number of attempts: 2
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