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Delete Around Brackets

Remove a paired delimiter and everything inside it.

The around variant includes both delimiters. It is useful when the entire grouping should disappear rather than merely become empty.

Use da(, da[, and da{ in the editor beside this lesson. The challenge proves it once; Practice is a timed run against the clock.

Keys in this lesson

da(
Delete the parentheses and everything inside them
da[
Delete the square brackets and everything inside them
da{
Delete the braces and everything inside them
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Practice against the clock.

The challenge proves completion once. Practice is a timed run of 15 goals — beat par, then beat your own best time. Every completed goal saves locally.

da(

Delete the parentheses and their contents with da(.