Text Objects · Paragraphs
Paragraphs Review
Move through and operate on paragraph boundaries.
Brace motions navigate between blocks; paragraph objects hand those blocks to delete or change without separate positioning.
Use {, }, dip, dap, and cip 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
- {
- Jump back to the previous blank line
- }
- Jump forward to the next blank line
- dip
- Delete the paragraph, keeping the blank lines around it
- dap
- Delete the paragraph and its trailing blank line
- cip
- Change 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 10 goals with no hints and a keystroke budget on each; passing it is what marks this lesson complete.