VimGolf23264 active golfers, 247717 entries, 404 challenges
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remove lines containing the word "reader" - 472 entries
easy stuff
simple format - 1202 entries
make it look better.
Simple, Practical, and Common - 21848 entries
Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.
Delete to the end of the current line - 157 entries
Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.
One number per line - 10902 entries
Just give me the numbers.
Applying same text modification in several lines - 1028 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
Put the months in order - 165 entries
Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 197 entries
Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.
Com(m)a Trouble - 872 entries
Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?
I forgot quotes - 10443 entries
Oops.
Swap values inside brackets - 1010 entries
Easy challenge.
Just the middle - 8609 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
Words in parens - 10478 entries
We should all ace this, right?
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9178 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
Vice versa - 5494 entries
Little role switching.
Simple text editing with Vim - 10020 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
convert yml into java pojo field - 522 entries
How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file
Swap values - 3231 entries
Well, swap the values...
Team names - 1274 entries
The team names are misspelled.
Basic renumbering - 4212 entries
Renumbering Basic.
Collect List - 3211 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
Array transposition - 1332 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
Python challenge - 58 entries
Change the types of the variables in the list from str to float, while keeping the truncation.
V to the i - 3609 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
Every other line - 1854 entries
AaAaAaA
Copy three lines - 1765 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 5370 entries
A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.
multiple cursor alternative - 912 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
Split line with dots - 1716 entries
This line is too long, split it.
From argument to object - 1013 entries
This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?
Simple format (2) - 109 entries
try again!
unknown command - 79 entries
I want change 5 words
switch variable - 4141 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
-a-b-c- - 2395 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
Santa's naughty / nice list - 41 entries
Christmas is here and Santa hasn't decided who's naughty or nice yet. He's given a list of names to his programmer friend to quickly split the children into naughty and nice. Hint: There's a hidden pattern that might be familiar.
attr_aligner - 2802 entries
Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 178 entries
Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/
quotes inside quotes - 2654 entries
taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)
Search and Replace 0 - 3879 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
That hyphen - 1870 entries
"vim vi improved"
Learn some german verbs - 326 entries
The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.
Extract argument from function - 1837 entries
The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.
Swap the operands under comparison - 175 entries
Swap the operands under comparison to prevent null pointer exception (at least in java)
comment and uncomment code inline - 644 entries
It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.
Missing Library and a Typo - 604 entries
I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.
Adam's challenge - 647 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 677 entries
Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.
Don't know what this is - 1632 entries
Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.
replacing each line of a block selection - 2425 entries
replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts
Number Sort - 220 entries
sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing