Text Objects · Brackets
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. Practice is where you learn it, with the answer a click away; the Test is graded, unaided, and the only thing that marks this lesson complete.
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
Practice to learn it. Test to prove it.
Practice keeps the answer a click away — endlessly in Free, or as a 15-goal run against par and your own best time in Timed. The Test gives you 8 goals with no hints and a keystroke budget on each; passing it is what marks this lesson complete.