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Essential Motions

Moving by WORDs

Cross whitespace-delimited chunks with W, E, and B.

Uppercase WORD motions treat punctuation and identifier characters alike until whitespace. They are ideal for URLs, chained calls, and other symbol-heavy chunks.

Use W, E, and B in the editor beside this lesson. The challenge proves it once; Practice is a timed run against the clock.

Keys in this lesson

W
Jump forward to the next WORD, punctuation and all
E
Jump to the end of the current WORD, punctuation and all
B
Jump back to the previous WORD, punctuation and all
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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.

EE

Move to the end of the next WORD with E.