Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Data reformat - 294 entries

Reformat this copy-paste data! #csv

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 96
  • Position: #55 / 65
  • Number of attempts: 3
xrandr outputs and dashes - 716 entries

uh oh, different video drivers identify display outputs with more dashes. Quick, need to change this xrandr script!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #40 / 224
  • Number of attempts: 5
Yo To Hello - 1142 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #129 / 529
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 24
  • Position: #3083 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 11
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6337 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #584 / 1546
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1479 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #756 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 10
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7157 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #1011 / 1755
  • Number of attempts: 9
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