Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #776 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #235 / 579
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2717 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 4
Back to the roots - 63 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #23 / 38
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #593 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #780 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 14
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1731 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 6
quotes inside quotes - 3159 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: #917 / 1078
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3546 / 3963
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #520 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 2
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