Text Objects · Paragraphs
Delete Inside Paragraph
Remove the current blank-line-delimited block.
dip is linewise and preserves surrounding paragraph separators, making it predictable for prose and grouped code.
Use dip 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
- dip
- Delete the paragraph, keeping the blank lines around it
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.