Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Quicksort - 2002 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #48 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 6
EDN reformat - 1158 entries

The goal is to make the code more readable and concise while maintaining its functionality.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #42 / 164
  • Number of attempts: 12
Find fix point of cos - 1408 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #49 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 4
Paste a column after a column - 2547 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #78 / 556
  • Number of attempts: 9
Many duplicates - 1447 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #264 / 470
  • Number of attempts: 1
delete swap - 1788 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #297 / 557
  • Number of attempts: 1
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1660 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #189 / 558
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33717 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: #2389 / 7441
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4639 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #358 / 1273
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #765 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 7
Prime Numbers - 376 entries

List the first 100 prime numbers.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #29 / 106
  • Number of attempts: 2
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