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Fixing the Test results - 12 entries

This is a subset of a result set of a large scale simulation. To be read into the result processor it must be converted. Here are some helpful regexes: :%s/.*\[Overall\].*\n//g :%s/.*technique.\///g :%s/\(^Wens\)\@<=Tech/,/g :%s/MSP\?\a/&,/g :%s/\d\+\(\a\a\)\@=/&,/g :%s/\a\+\(\d\{4}\)\@=/&,/g :%s/\.txt.*\/verify.\/\(\d\{4}\)\//,\1/g :%s/poly/2/g :%s/fourier/1/g :%s/MSPP/2/g :%s/MSP/1/g

Draw the Go board - 26 entries

which is a 19×19 lines board. Here we use ascii characters only for simplicity. See diff file to get a sense. (See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game))

Words in parens - 104 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Lookahead and Lookbehind - 30 entries

Look everywhere

Amazing Π - 14 entries

Computing Π is a stress test for a computer—a kind of “digital cardiogram.” 1 . . . There are people who have memorized 1000+ digits of pi . . . ”Pi Day” is celebrated on March 14 . . . “50 Interesting Facts About” . . . http://www.ualr.edu/lasmoller/pi.html . . . Ref.1 - “Blatner, David. 1997. The Joy of Pi”. . .

It's a factor - 45 entries

Flaunt your macro prowess by factoring some numbers. Too hard? It takes less than 30 strokes, I promise.

Sort the VimGolf challenges by popularity - 85 entries

"Sort by popularity" is a good order to play the challenges. Not perfect, but you could do a lot worse. ;) Input is a sample copy-pasted from vimgolf.com. Some of the challenge names have digits that will get in your way, so read ":help :sort" for hints on sorting with a regex. When you're done, try your solution on the full list!

CrossTab Shipping - 10 entries

Crosstab continue ...

Extended Customer 2 - 28 entries

Format the chars

Parsing with CSV: Unify lines and result. - 110 entries

col1;col2;col3;col4 A;1;4;5 A;3;4; A;1;4; # New output: col1;col2;col3;col4 A;1(2x);3;4(3x);5 any ideas?

text wrap entire file to 80 columns - 70 entries

A text file contains lines that span more than 80 columns. Re-wrap the text in the file so that no single line is longer than 80 columns.

Fibonacci Triangles - 30 entries

Triangles

199 Fibonacci Numbers - 18 entries

Generate 199 Fibonacci Numbers using, if you like, the function S(x,y), a vimscript to sum two big numbers in reverse order.

Refactor arguments into object argument - 109 entries

A relatively common Javascript refactoring.

vim = 22 / 7 - 134 entries

pi square vim

Chinese Multiplication Table - 36 entries

Print a Chinese multiplication table in Vim. In China, every kid is asked to memorize this table. And thanks to the mono-syllabism of Chinese characters, it is not that hard. Printing the multiplication table is also a good exercise for programming beginners. For-loop, escaped characters, etc... There should be some special ways to print it in Vim.

LaTeX to XML Math Delimiters - 21 entries

Vim is amazing when used to edit MediaWiki text, but typing "<math> . . . </math>" can be tiresome and frustrating if formulas are used often. LaTeX delimiters are so concise and even come in two flavors: "\( . . . \)" for inline math and "\[ . . . \]" for centered formulas. The goal is to perform the following conversions: "\( . . . \)" becomes "<math>. . .</math>" "\[ . . . \]" becomes "<center><math>. . .</math></center>"

Define to require - 85 entries

When JSHint is enabled, there's a rule that doesn't let you have more than 6 arguments in a function, so the moment you need to add a 7th argument, you need to do a refactoring.

Minimalist Limerick - 204 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

Saving the hashes(#) - 277 entries

The following file is copied from vimcasts.org(Its only for learning purpose,hope the site owner doesn't mind it), its probably the easiest of challenges.Our goal is to delete every line which doesn't contain a hash signs. The remaining hash signs with numbers are then sorted to get the final output.

Word frequency alignment - 123 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

Circle in a square - 78 entries

Probably looks more like "Egg in a rectangle" in most fonts, but it's actually 23x23.

Execute immediate SQL - 52 entries

Sql string tranformation ...

Prefixes and suffixes - 189 entries

Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.

Coordinates placeholder - 31 entries

Place coordinates instead of target search.

XML to JSON - 18 entries

Convert this xml file into json.

Change your calendar - 101 entries

Happy New Year!

Greek Letters - 6 entries

Starting with a list of Greek letters, create a cross-reference table showing all of the Greek alpha-beta. You'll likely need to use digraphs (:help digraphs). Note that while most digraphs can be entered with either character first, lowercase sigma has two digraphs -- s* AND *s! Good luck!

Transposition - 39 entries

Transpose the original lines in separate columns, one for each line.

REDRUM - 86 entries

If you remember "The Shinning", the first time you saw the bloody word REDRUM you probably thinked "What the Hell is that?" Well, then you know that you need a little help from a looking-glass to make sense of it. Now it's time to use vim like a mirror to reveal the message.

Enumerate words - 143 entries

Enumerate the unique words in order.

Fizzbuzz change description - 62 entries

Changed the method from imperative to functional, the description should reflect the change.

Swap assigned value - 193 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Groups magic - 74 entries

Regexp or macros for string converting: (a) -> ___ (abc) -> ____ (abcd) -> ______ All in the '(' replace to _ multiply by char count + ()

Face Values - 34 entries

Change the face values of the Die.

Pythagoras who? - 18 entries

3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2

Block Fun 1 - 98 entries

Manipulate the columns to produce desired result.

fib.c cleanup - 33 entries

cleanup the file

Left Hand Right Hand Alternating - 33 entries

Reformat the lists into columns

Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 33 entries

Not as easy as the last challenge. This time, just one space between a and b, up to 25 spaces between y and z. (Removed some lines; diff was too long.)

abcd > a b c d - 125 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

lamb had a little Mary - 201 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

BIG BRACKET - 27 entries

I was taking notes in class when I needed to section off some code. I like brackets. Make a big bracket.

Python: Lots of function arguments - 42 entries

The function definition is too long for one line. The modeline helps you with some typical Python indent settings.

Three checkerboard patterns - 28 entries

The squares are all white again, but this time there are three boards with three kinds of black squares: case, rot-13, and case AND rot-13. How will you automate all three?

Checkerboard case pattern - 76 entries

All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.

Readable Rubyhash - 138 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

Chucking wood - 42 entries

An exercise in compressing repetitive text. For this challenge, any entry that uses keys outside the main row (such as arrow keys, Home, End, Delete, etc.) will be removed. (Esc is OK, though you should be using C-[ anyway.)

Flip the chessboard - 27 entries

White's turn is over. Flip the board to black's perspective. I added coordinates to frustrate you.

Extract text from xml - 75 entries

Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.

Printable ASCII characters - 58 entries

From a blank input, print all 95 printing ASCII characters one per line, from space to tilde.

A simple change - 158 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 211 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Unwrap the text of an email message - 77 entries

Reverse of "Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters". gq and gw are great for wrapping paragraphs. But sometimes other programs choke on your wrapped lines. What's the best way to un-gq?

Sort by your own sum - 26 entries

Same numbers as last time, but you'll have to add them yourself.

Sort by sum of numbers in a line(?) - 29 entries

The lines with the biggest sums need to be at the top. The sums are on the right, which makes life hard. Maybe you can find a feature that will do all the work for you...

Presidential Sorting - 25 entries

Given a nice CSV formatted arrangement of the Presidents of the United States, we need to print out an alphabetical list in pretty columns. Prove that vim can conquer this basic Excel task!

Add links to an existing HTML table - 35 entries

Add these links at that top to the respective table cell. First link, first cell, etc.

Reformat text as two-column newspaper article - 11 entries

Reformat the text newspaper-style in a hyphenated two-column layout, with a quote highlighted in a display in the lower half. Hint: 37 + 4 + 37 columns; 23 + 4 + 24 + 4 + 23 columns. (Text by Pramoedya Ananta Toer.)

VI Fighter - 42 entries

There's an awful lot of symmetry there. By @cpatuzzo

Stairs Indenting - 183 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

Format a SPIP table - 19 entries

SPIP CMS has is own table syntax. Please reformat this table!

Python to Ruby - 138 entries

Convert this Python code to Ruby. NOTE: This program likely won't run.

Ruby < 1.9 - 64 entries

O NOES! Your target runs Ruby 1.8, but your code uses syntax from 1.9! Fix it!

you're stuck on jQuery < 1.7 - 193 entries

replace calls to jQuery 1.7+'s `on` with calls to pre 1.7 `bind`

SFD-ROC: It's all relatively absolute - 25 entries

This html file is all about the vimlympics at Software Freedom Day Rochester. However, whoever hacked it together was developing locally (using html5-boilerplate at https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate), and forgot to make absolute links to deploy to production. Fix the links!

SFD-ROC: The Nez of Python - 29 entries

Did someone import siht? What happened here... Fix this poem so that it is Zen once again.

SFD-ROC: ROT13 Phonics - 53 entries

A is for apple, b is for ball, etc... This familiar phonics poem has been rotated 13 characters. Make the letter match the word.

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 421 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

SFD-ROC: ASCII Logo Border - 55 entries

Draw a border around this familiar logo ;)

SFD-ROC: Pipe Dreams - 75 entries

Move the pipes so they match the output.

SFD-ROC: Tic-Tac-Toe - 95 entries

Tic-Tac-Toe You are 'X', and it is your turn. Stop 'O' from winning, and complete the game. Draw a diagonal line through your winning row of three X's.

SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 97 entries

Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.

Easy One - 24 entries

More digraph usage.

Enharmonic Equivalents - 20 entries

Transform # and b to digraphs

Circle of Fifths with Flats - 23 entries

Fun with digraphs http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/digraph.html#digraphs-use

Circle of Fifths with Sharps - 23 entries

Display a list of the Circle of Fifths with corresponding solfege syllables with sharps. Handling spaces may be tricky.

The Grand Staff - 41 entries

The resulting file represents the lines and spaces on "The Grand Staff" with corresponding solfege syllables. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Brace_%28music%29.png

Solfege Flats - 49 entries

Transform the series of syllables into the resulting output.txt file.

Solfege Sharps - 29 entries

Transform the series of syllables into the resulting output.txt file.

The name of the game - 269 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Count the random spaces! - 26 entries

Inspired by a more spirited solution to the "Invisible Fibonacci" challenge, replace each row with a count equal to the number of spaces in the row. Empty rows should be filled with 0.

Invisible Fibonacci - 34 entries

Count the spaces to generate the integer on the corresponding line.

NATO phonetic alphabet - 141 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 175 entries

Someone has vandalized this text file and replaced the beginning character of one word in each line with a Big "X." Please remove the big X's, and fix each line to read "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog."

maximun and minimun - 24 entries

Find the maximum and minimum of the rows.

Sierpinski's Triangle - 44 entries

Build the famous fractal, Sierpinski's Triangle.

Hash Formatting - 56 entries

Reformat this sample API call to look better

Dehamlizing - 134 entries

Change this piece of HAML code back into erb

Create an alphabet diamond - 55 entries

Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...

Convert regular pandoc footnotes to in-line notes - 49 entries

Pandoc extends markdown by allowing footnotes, which are usually represented with a footnote identifier followed later in the document by the footnote itself. But Pandoc also allows inline footnotes without identifiers. How many strokes does it take to convert regular footnotes to inline notes? (NB: I've had trouble figuring out whether text-width makes a difference to Vimgolf in comparing the input and output file. I finally tested this locally using the Vimgolf vimrc and did a "gq" on the entire buffer as the last step. Apologies if I'm making a newbie mistake. First time submitter.)

Complete the circuit grid! - 65 entries

Continuing from the last challenge, add additional rows to the grid. Change each of the names from 'A1'...'A10' to 'B1'...'B10', 'C1'...'C10', etc, and for each new row add 0.7 to the X values in the (X Y) at the end of each line.

Make the circuit grid! - 49 entries

Copy this command for a circuit layout program to create 10 total smd commands. Increment the number in quotes to name each pad, and add 0.7 to each of the (X Y) coordinates at the end of each line.

Convert pandoc unordered list to a numbered list - 99 entries

I know it's possible to use #. in pandoc to auto-generate numbered lists, but then it's not easy to tell how many items there are when reading it in Markdown. How fast can you make the switch?

Vertical Limit - 569 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

run of the mill SQL execute - 16 entries

lots of room for improvement

Shuffle and Sort - 123 entries

The values where sorted incorrectly. Get them back to how they are supposed to be

Cleanining up 80 column concatenated text - 160 entries

1. Put the whole query on one line, remove the concatenation operators 2. Remove the double spaces that appear a few times in the query 3. Use string-interpolated variable statementPid rather than the ugly concatenation

Changing URL path in CSS - 98 entries

What's the quickest way to swap out all the URLs in a CSS file? Is it wasted keystrokes using look-behinds and look-aheads? (I'm sorry for the delete/report--I made a mistake with the last one requiring an ugly search for graphic to replace with images. I just intended this to be a simple search and replace that might possibly generate some macros or normals solutions that are quicker)

Inconsistent real estate paste - 124 entries

Format a hand-typed real estate listing that uses inconsistent punctuation into four sections

Aligning function arguments to match a specific coding style - 117 entries

Most projects have specific coding style guidelines. In this case, the argument list must be broken into a new line for each argument, with the argument names right aligned, taking into account pointers.

Create a pandoc compatible table - 122 entries

In [this vimcast][1], a featured gist from Tim Pope shows how to quickly make a simple table structure. How fast can you convert it to pandoc's markdown style? [1]: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/aligning-text-with-tabular-vim/

Switch function arguments - 634 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Calculate the table totals - 80 entries

Go ahead... commit the treachery of using vim as a spreadsheet.

Remove noise from HTTP log - 295 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

Remove semicolons after expressions - 259 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

Append semicolon after expressions - 385 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Format the output - 76 entries

Sometimes your standard out is a little hard to read. Take this multilevel hash and make it human readable.

Calculate table total - 138 entries

Find the total cost of all the books ASAP.

Exchanging Quotes - 493 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

Reverse and double space - 284 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

The meaning - 344 entries

Numbers are fun!

Hi nok! - 173 entries

Tuberda!

un-C-escape string - 36 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

replacing each line of a block selection - 853 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 358 entries

convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.

constructor - 149 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

switch variable - 1228 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Replacing some words - 305 entries

How fast could it be?

Make it more readable - 778 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

remove dupes from array - 648 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

Sort entries based on date - 258 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

PHP Array Syntax -> MailChimp Merge Syntax - 313 entries

I recently needed to send an e-mail to our marketing department listing allowed merge tags for our MailChimp campaigns. The allowed merge tags were determined from a PHP array in one of our PHP classes. I transformed the PHP class to MailChimp's syntax and sent the e-mail. It was, however, a long, laborious process. I'm still fairly new to Vim and would love to see how an expert Vim user would tackle one of my own, real-world problems. Thanks and have fun!

Refactor to Helpers - 18 entries

This Rails partial is almost all template escapes. Put it into a helper, and refactor each case to methods so we can build out the controls for each. (I've converted to tabs - fighting with Vimgolf's default config shouldn't be part of the challenge.)

Alphabetize the directory - 213 entries

Put the contacts and their information in alphabetical order.

PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 2 - 75 entries

Same class but reverse!

PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 1 - 168 entries

Convert this tiny php class to adequate java one.

formatted text to markdown - 168 entries

You're converting some posts from an old blog to markdown. The formatted text is far closer to the finished product than the html markup, so it seems like a good place to start. Word wrapping seems to be the main area for optimization.

Multiplication table. - 151 entries

Create a multiplication table.

Line Zipper - 307 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 104 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

Interweave two blocks of text - 253 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

Complete the hex array data - 148 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

Case preserving word replacement - 308 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

Sort the cardinal numbers - 170 entries

Maybe a simple challenge.

Make a PHP Template from a static HTML file - 46 entries

You've got your HTML laid out -- now make it work.

Numbering a List - 941 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Recursively Palindrome - 161 entries

Note that there are 2^6-1 characters.

Java Array2List - 183 entries

Convert an java array initializer into a list.

CSS to SASS - 109 entries

Convert from css to sass.

Remove duplicate items - 341 entries

Input is a list of numbers. Produce a set of unique numbers from input.

imports alignment (python) - 405 entries

Align as one import per line.

expand a list comprehension (python) - 202 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

HTML to Haml - 469 entries

Help convert this HTML page to Haml.

categorize the shopping list - 61 entries

Going to the store with an unorganized shopping list is like programming with Notepad. Help the shopper efficiently navigate the aisles to avoid unnecessary footsteps.

Rotating Philosophers Problem - 295 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

Overall Vimgolf Rank - 112 entries

Suppose you are trying to figure out what your overall rank is at Vimgolf(the sum of all the ranks you got), and as a Vim ninja you decided to use Vim to do the job. Your solution should work for every Vimgolf profile page(The actual input file for this challenge is my Vimgolf profile page). So, direct answer insertion is considered cheating.

Promote that perl 'one-liner' ... - 109 entries

You've just sorted your data using perl -e, when suddenly you have to add a row and do it again. That's twice - you'll almost certainly do it again. Time to turn it into a real script. We'll start from having pasted it in ...

Assignment Alignment - 463 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

Before there was Farmville... - 72 entries

There was old MacDonald. For my toddler. The first Vim sing-a-long?

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 - 114 entries

Somebody's got this slightly muddled up. See how quickly you can fix it. (I made this to experiment with buffers. I'm not actually sure whether this is faster with buffers or without.)

Vim manuals written by Bram. - 60 entries

Find Vim reference manuals written by Bram Moolenaar.

Reformat long lines - 261 entries

Rearrange this ruby method call to put each parameter on its own line. Could become a useful macro.

Generate English Alphabets - 291 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

Here, piggy, piggy... - 56 entries

Youay owknay atwhay otay oday...

Word Blender - 93 entries

The insides of long words seem to have been run through the blender. Can you fix this famous tale, brave knight?

Happy New Year! - 110 entries

This is a simple new year's challenge.

Insert a Markdown link - 321 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

It'ss tooo coold too typpe todaay - 170 entries

My hands are numb with cold. It's hard to type correctly.

Do you have a big gun? - 184 entries

Of course I have.

Getters & Setters: Java - 102 entries

Boilerplate getters & setters - it's a tedious fact of life in Java, and probably the only thing that still pulls me back to an IDE. Perhaps someone knows a fast, pure vim way...

Cartesian product - 160 entries

{1,2,3,4,5} X {1,2,3,4,5}

Return the cow - 76 entries

This cow is too verbose. Give it a lesson.

Align it, win it. - 152 entries

Align this simple listing.

Solve the Sokoban - 128 entries

A wink for all Vimgolfers that play Nethack too.

Reverse a single line - 569 entries

Reverse a single line vertically.

CSV to JSON - 120 entries

A search for shortest vimissh way to convert CSV to JSON.

Make Vim ASCII Art - 29 entries

Art is the triumph over chaos. ~John Cheever

Generate Fibonacci Numbers - 162 entries

Use your super vim powers to generate Fibonacci Numbers.

The holy-grail may help - 233 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

fix typos, reformat and refactor an ActiveRecord model. - 66 entries

Simple case of refactoring ruby code, change camelize word to undescored (vice versa), proper indentation, removing trailing white spaces, etc.

Shebangs for all - 734 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

Ruby 1.9 hashes - 652 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

Reverse and count - 361 entries

Someone typed things upside down and now a Vim ninja needs to reverse the lines and count how many there are.

Letters are numbers - 94 entries

Letters and numbers are interchangeable. A lot of programming languages give you simple ways to convert individual letters to hex, binary and decimal but does Vim?

Almost encrypted - 138 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

Reverse Simple Deletion - 459 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Dumb to smart - 63 entries

Turn dumb quote to smart vim's way.

82 bottles of beer on the wall - 208 entries

Take them down. (sorry, only 82 bottles because the problem size is limited!)

Make Fancy Header - 577 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

The Cake is a Lie - 647 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Increment, increment, increment.... - 310 entries

Vim likes macros

Remove Accent off the Letter - 84 entries

Remove all the accent from extremely accented statements.

Compile C - 379 entries

You might have to get clever to do this one.

Another Mixed-Up Haiku - 173 entries

VimGolf ... a perfect evening?

Prime Numbers - 185 entries

List the first 100 prime numbers.

A Simple One - 602 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Round Round - 167 entries

Round Round

Table Reshuffle - 248 entries

Fix the column order in this table... also append the new 'username' column.

Fix the Haiku - 186 entries

Change this slightly scrambled haiku to its unscrambled form and fix the capitalisation and punctuation along the way.

Indentation - 359 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

Linear congruential generator - 88 entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator

Hatsuyume - 322 entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume

Context Insensitive completion 1 - 315 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

Turn this csv list into queries - 158 entries

Transform each line of this csv file into a MySQL-ready INSERT query.

Context insensitive completion 0 - 363 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Ruby 1.9 compat - 425 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

Sorting paragraphs - 341 entries

Order the paragraphs correctly, per prefixed index

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 541 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

Reformat some Python - 389 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

Reformat a C golf submission - 393 entries

Take this C golf submission (for the "tiny but standards-compliant Hello World program" category, naturally), and turn it into formatted C code.

Reverse characters in a line - 538 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

PEP8 Python Wrapping Comments and Code - 150 entries

According to PEP8, long flowy text and code should have different max line lengths. Code: 79 characters max Long flowy text: 72 characters max

Search and Replace 0 - 1503 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Deleting folded text - 239 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

Get rid of html tags - 249 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

Reformat most common surnames - 389 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

Remember FizzBuzz? - 352 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

Change the content of a string - 777 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Add fold markers to a .c file - 374 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 376 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

Reconstruct the Sentence - 747 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

Sort and add attributes - 800 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Braces or Brackets? - 595 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

Flodder-challenge - 684 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 1571 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

Simple text editing with Vim - 3637 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 2969 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

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