VimGolf19564 active golfers, 197172 entries, 369 challenges
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Simple, Practical, and Common - 13918 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.
One number per line - 5846 entries
Just give me the numbers.
multiple cursor alternative - 206 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
I forgot quotes - 7105 entries
Oops.
Just the middle - 6912 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
Array transposition - 394 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 7928 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
Words in parens - 8907 entries
We should all ace this, right?
From argument to object - 581 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?
Vice versa - 4075 entries
Little role switching.
Swap values - 2235 entries
Well, swap the values...
Interactive git rebase changing commands - 71 entries
How to change the action of some commits in git rebase dialog.
Missing Library and a Typo - 315 entries
I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.
Simple text editing with Vim - 9021 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
Every other line - 1204 entries
AaAaAaA
Adam's challenge - 401 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
Collect List - 2504 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
Basic renumbering - 3229 entries
Renumbering Basic.
comment and uncomment code inline - 345 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.
Split line with dots - 1438 entries
This line is too long, split it.
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 498 entries
Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.
Todo list specification - 196 entries
The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.
V to the i - 2917 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
Copy three lines - 1109 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
Hello ${world} - 134 entries
Migrate a JavaScript String from concatenation to ES6 interpolation.
Create a table - 142 entries
Convert the given input into a formatted table
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 5141 entries
A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.
-a-b-c- - 2017 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
switch variable - 3744 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
Un"finnish"ed Work - 78 entries
Replace å by a, ä by a and ö by o.
attr_aligner - 2532 entries
Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.
Simple addition - 153 entries
The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.
quotes inside quotes - 2430 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 :)
Order and join - 469 entries
There's something special about the input order.
That hyphen - 1613 entries
"vim vi improved"
Stairstep digits - 164 entries
Remove the evens. Double the odds.
Search and Replace 0 - 3515 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
Add Go XML to structure tags - 109 entries
The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.
Extract argument from function - 1634 entries
The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.
Separate the lines - 103 entries
Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.
Nesting SASS - 164 entries
Move a block inside another block and indent it
Don't know what this is - 1376 entries
Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.
Text to HTML Table - 102 entries
Turn the plain text table to an HTML table.
C Reformatting - 471 entries
You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase
comments galore - 736 entries
Basic comment reformatting
Space out the alphabet - 1063 entries
Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.
Align commas - 561 entries
There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.
replacing each line of a block selection - 2184 entries
replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts
Scrambled numbers - 544 entries
Four is NOT 1. One is 1.
Vertical Limit - 1761 entries
transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 2265 entries
Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.
Paragraph breaks - 339 entries
Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.
Make HTML List - 704 entries
Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.
Saving the hashes(#) - 1472 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.
Combines all items - 210 entries
For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents
Letter case trickery - 1262 entries
This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.
For all cases. - 75 entries
In this case... change it! :) Watch the line.
Switch function arguments - 1618 entries
How to switch two arguments of a function.
Fix the XML - 749 entries
The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.
From A to B - 423 entries
Mirror and change this text block
Mirror Symmetry - 624 entries
Add backslashes.
Make it more readable - 1583 entries
Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 875 entries
Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.
Count both ways - 798 entries
Right AND down.
camel riding - 634 entries
add a prefix on some camelCase variables
Alsa configuration - 413 entries
I'm tweaking my ~/.asoundrc file!
Numbering a List - 1615 entries
Pretty simple, number the list.
Mess in revision history - 842 entries
Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.
Paragraph sort - 270 entries
My large herbivorous mammals, Vim commands, and POSIX utilities need to be sorted separately.
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1174 entries
Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.
Where should I put the Newline? - 747 entries
Help me put the newline.
Shebangs for all - 1486 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.
Condensed Cases - 617 entries
Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.
Hole-in-one - 908 entries
Lets take this golf thing literally.. Drive off the tee into the hole, and of course you don't strike the ball completely clean.
replace 2nd column blanks with values in same column if blank - 159 entries
Where ,SOMELOGB and ,SOMELOGC replaces each /r carriage return if 2nd column is blank. The replace only happens if 2nd column is blank though and should replace up to the non blank row.
create arrows in a list - 55 entries
Add arrow at same distance
remove dupes from array - 1110 entries
given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements
Gray area - 551 entries
It's a golf metaphor or something.
Wrap text in quotes - 228 entries
All the blocks of text should be wrapped in quotation marks.
Generate a list of numbers - 198 entries
Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.
Two become one - 609 entries
We have two c arrays and want to make one two dimensional out of it. Can we do that?
Flatten repo - 20 entries
For each git repository (<project> tag) translate name attribute to flatten directory structure. Add path attribute if missing (because checkout hierarchy must be kept). #xml
Change the content of a string - 1159 entries
This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.
Replace and keep the case - 304 entries
Replace all instance of plugin and Plugin to device and Device.
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 820 entries
Oops, I spelled that wrong.
The Cake is a Lie - 1070 entries
Correct the capitalization of each word
Pretty multi-line bash - 176 entries
Bash line continuations are much prettier when they're column aligned.
Hidden Message - 34 entries
Find the hidden message and replace all other characters with spaces.
Sort and add attributes - 1017 entries
Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.
Append semicolon after expressions - 793 entries
Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 987 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!
Mute the second method of this script - 378 entries
prepend a # infront of every line of the second method
Sort files from hosts - 114 entries
Resume files by host. I hope you enjoy with this challenge
Reconstruct the Sentence - 959 entries
Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.
7th Birthday - 130 entries
We have a bunch of numbers written from 0 to 9 in the order present in the text input file. The task is to create 7 by replacing the numbers with dashes.
Angular naming conventions - 248 entries
In angular, a directive name follows the camelCase convention. When the directive is used in an HTML template, the words are instead separated by a dash. Go from to the other the fastest!
Exchanging Quotes - 698 entries
Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.
Format java properties - 57 entries
Format java properties to a different format. The value which is the string following the first '=' cannot & should not change. All periods in the key get replaced with an underscore "_" and get a prefix of "b_".
Make Fancy Header - 832 entries
Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks
lipsum lines - 222 entries
Convert a quoted block of text into strings in a list.
Happy TvvO - 320 entries
Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.
Add to end of each line... kinda - 241 entries
Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?
A Simple One - 772 entries
Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...
Flodder-challenge - 772 entries
Replace the text the most efficient and win!
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 767 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.
Line 'em up! - 254 entries
It can be so hard to keep everything neatly lined-up. Somebody clearly hasn't bothered here. Tidy it up, please!
Lisp Condense - 345 entries
Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.
Change attribute to getter - 74 entries
Wrap attributes with a getter method.
readability - 260 entries
Make the code readable by adding some spaces
The name of the game - 536 entries
End up with the name of the game.
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 596 entries
convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.
ASCII box - 273 entries
Don't forget to fix typos!
VimGolfNight - 427 entries
Based on "The name of the game".
120 Degrees - 324 entries
Rotate that triangle.
Remove noise from HTTP log - 544 entries
This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.
Reverse Simple Deletion - 654 entries
You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.
Start coding format - 87 entries
I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }
Swap assigned value - 451 entries
Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.
HTML to Haml - 630 entries
Help convert this HTML page to Haml.
Assignment Alignment - 633 entries
line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.
Extract HTML option values from tag values - 61 entries
Generate HTML option values from the text in the option tag. If the text contains multiple words, replace the spaces with an underscore and convert all capital letters to small letters.
Logging with key - 238 entries
Sometimes it is better to log with meaningful key
A grid of punctuation - 105 entries
Create a checkerboard of = and - in an 80×24 grid!
Prefixes and suffixes - 428 entries
Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.
Minimalist Limerick - 422 entries
Reproduce this lovely poem.
Braces or Brackets? - 609 entries
Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!
Palindrome numbers - 10 entries
For each number compute its associated palindrome. First number (first line) has been eaten! #prime
lamb had a little Mary - 427 entries
"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.
The meaning - 467 entries
Numbers are fun!
Mirrored text - 130 entries
backward and forward, and long enough to be challenging
underscore_to_camelCase - 128 entries
Pointy haired boss decided we need to switch to camelCase. Let's get this over with.
Array of characters - 96 entries
We all copy paste things off the internet, but the syntax doesn't look right. Fix it as fast as possible.
Shuffle puzzle - 270 entries
Sort the lines in each indent group, and sort the groups. That's the pattern. Or just move lines around manually to get a better score.
imports alignment (python) - 546 entries
Align as one import per line.
Vim tetris - 291 entries
Vim can play tetris too!
vim = 22 / 7 - 379 entries
pi square vim
JS notation to Immutable.js notation - 134 entries
Now Immutable.js made its way into many frontends. This challenge consists of a typical refactoring that many of us are facing now.
Ruby 1.9 compat - 527 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!
Shuffled numbers - 187 entries
Each number is paired with the number it should follow. That's enough information to put them in order.
FoodCritic023: Prefer conditional attributes - 136 entries
FoodCritic (www.foodcritic.io) is a lint tool for your Chef (learn.chef.io) cookbooks. FC023 indicates that you should prefer Chef guards over Ruby conditions. This challenge expects you to be able to fix this issue in a sample cookbook, given the FoodCritic output: ================================================================ FC023: Prefer conditional attributes: cookbooks/foo/recipes/default.rb:25 ================================================================ See http://www.foodcritic.io/#FC023 for more details about the changes being made.
Split the words - 298 entries
Add the spaces manually if you must, but if you use Vim's spell checking feature wisely, I think you'll save a LARGE number of strokes.
Remove semicolons after expressions - 398 entries
A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.
Reverse characters in a line - 501 entries
You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.
Remember FizzBuzz? - 500 entries
Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.
Counting in binary - 309 entries
"a" represents 0; "A" represents 1. Start from zero and count to 15.
Pairs of numbers - 306 entries
Line 1 represents x, line 2 y-data. Bring the corresponding pairs in the form "[x,y]\n"
Delete unwanted lines - 304 entries
Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."
Reverse and double space - 389 entries
Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything
Reformat most common surnames - 484 entries
Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames
Reformat some Python - 477 entries
Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.
Going underground.... - 269 entries
Simple reformatting: in this case changing from the format London underground supplies its customers with, to the format that Google Calendar likes...
vim1001 - 208 entries
change number 1001 into a "vim1001 sequence". (My first challenge, hope it is not too bad... )
Stairs Indenting - 336 entries
Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.
Vim's not included features - 139 entries
Filter not included (-) features in a hypothetical installation of vim.
Inner hyphens - 103 entries
Yet another hyphen challenge. Adding 5 hyphens to a file shouldn't be too hard.
Interweave two blocks of text - 432 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?
NATO phonetic alphabet - 341 entries
Transform the series of words into a list.
A simple change - 322 entries
Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 449 entries
You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.
NBCU Weekly Challenge - Test - 206 entries
Just testing.
PHP Array Syntax -> MailChimp Merge Syntax - 390 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!
Reformat a C golf submission - 443 entries
Take this C golf submission (for the "tiny but standards-compliant Hello World program" category, naturally), and turn it into formatted C code.
Free hyphen! - 99 entries
Just like "Inner hyphens", but I'm giving you a free hyphen to play with. Will your solution be any different?
Sorting database text output - 168 entries
Sometimes it is nice to be able to quickly take column-formatted text output from the SQL command line and turn it into a list of useful data. In this case we want a unique, sorted list of the values from the second column combined into one comma-separated list. What is the fewest strokes you can do this in?
Replacing some words - 371 entries
How fast could it be?
Add fold markers to a .c file - 431 entries
Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.
Increment, increment, increment.... - 429 entries
Vim likes macros
Restore order to the alphabet - 141 entries
The numbers are OK. The letters are wonky.
Sorting paragraphs - 422 entries
Order the paragraphs correctly, per prefixed index
Context insensitive completion 0 - 418 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.
you're stuck on jQuery < 1.7 - 304 entries
replace calls to jQuery 1.7+'s `on` with calls to pre 1.7 `bind`
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 305 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."
Line Zipper - 378 entries
Zip/pair related lines.
Case preserving word replacement - 375 entries
Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.
Turn a ninja to case-insensitive [Nn][Ii][Nn][Jj][Aa] regexp! - 38 entries
I bumped into this in a dailywtf code: http://pastebin.com/QApa5ycS I didn't want to translate a string whenever I wanted to be [Ss][Aa][Rr][Cc][Aa][Ss][Tt][Ii][Cc] on slack, so I figured a script (python, sed, whatever) would be helpful. Well, or a few vim keystroke!
Indentation - 389 entries
Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.
learn vim in short time - 167 entries
so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome
Sorting a glossary - 88 entries
Sort a glossary. Glossary head contains a header phrase ending with ':' and glossary body has multi line text indented with a tab.
Reverse and count - 374 entries
Someone typed things upside down and now a Vim ninja needs to reverse the lines and count how many there are.
Neither Fizz nor Buzz - 176 entries
Not your regular increment macro! The gaps are tricky.
Insert a Markdown link - 366 entries
Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 364 entries
Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.
Generate English Alphabets - 361 entries
Start with a, get up to z.
Wget failed to download redirections - 143 entries
Output of a wget session, where 302 where not properly handled due to certificate problems, has been saved to a file. Keep the correct URLs to start again downloading.
Hatsuyume - 353 entries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume
Shift down - 151 entries
Number words are back.
remove all lines in first part - 122 entries
From the second part, remove all lines in the first part. It can be useful when you have done something from a long list, you want to know what is not done yet!
Refactor static member invocation - 150 entries
Someone used a static method. Refactor the method into a static import while fixing the assertion.
Rotating Philosophers Problem - 338 entries
Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?
Sort the VimGolf challenges by popularity - 228 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!
Suffix sort - 152 entries
Sort from the end of the line, as if the letters in each line were reversed.
Sort entries based on date - 281 entries
Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.
Interleave lines - 118 entries
This is some kind of « paste -d'\n' c b a ». There are many ways to achieve this.. just find the shortest!
abcd > a b c d - 224 entries
transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line
Manual SQL - 87 entries
Change select and insert queries to simulate inserting a new record.
increment by column in XML - 124 entries
modify an arbitrary "column" in an xml table by incrementing a an arbitrary placeholder string
Create Leading Zeros - 178 entries
Create leading zeros only for id columns. Please use generic approach!
Table Reshuffle - 303 entries
Fix the column order in this table... also append the new 'username' column.
Readable Rubyhash - 216 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!
Reformat long lines - 301 entries
Rearrange this ruby method call to put each parameter on its own line. Could become a useful macro.
Get rid of html tags - 300 entries
Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...
Double and switch - 33 entries
Aaaanother case switcher
Subtraction - 138 entries
Solve the equations.
Enumerate words - 208 entries
Enumerate the unique words in order.
Change name of a variable - 134 entries
Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.
Pretty format for variable declarations - 119 entries
Project standards demand the equal signs must be aligned for better readability.
ASCII Art - 63 entries
how good are you with simple regex?
Fun With The Diagonal - 63 entries
change the lowercase characters on the main diagonal to uppercase
Number an outline - 179 entries
The indent and words are right, but the numbers are all wrong.
The holy-grail may help - 276 entries
Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?
Alphabetize the directory - 244 entries
Put the contacts and their information in alphabetical order.
Word frequency alignment - 187 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...
Deleting folded text - 261 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.
Change your calendar - 182 entries
Happy New Year!
Compile C - 259 entries
You might have to get clever to do this one.
Python to Ruby - 184 entries
Convert this Python code to Ruby. NOTE: This program likely won't run.
NBCU Weekly Challenge - #0 - 114 entries
One of our favorites lines here at NBCU! p.s. The first version of #0 was deleted due to me copy/pasting a HTML entity. Congrats to the one who figured that out, you are a true ninja warrior!
Top X - 156 entries
The End File is the Top 10 Vimgolf Leaderboard at June 29, 2013. This is a second version, with a great contribution of @udioica. X is ten in Roman,a numeric system in ancient Rome
Prime Numbers - 244 entries
List the first 100 prime numbers.
expand a list comprehension (python) - 237 entries
Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!
Winning streak - 93 entries
Make the number on each line equal the consecutive L's or W's.
Fix the Haiku - 238 entries
Change this slightly scrambled haiku to its unscrambled form and fix the capitalisation and punctuation along the way.
swap or reverse - 80 entries
Try to swap or reverse the line as needed.
Assign numbers to fields - 71 entries
You are given a list of space-separated strings. Add an increasing numeric prefix to each one.
Cleanining up 80 column concatenated text - 182 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
Test everything! - 96 entries
... and build the desired input data structure. Transform a list of values into a non-trivial format.
Parsing with CSV: Unify lines and result. - 157 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?
Assign list - 145 entries
Assign list elements to matrix
82 bottles of beer on the wall - 230 entries
Take them down. (sorry, only 82 bottles because the problem size is limited!)
Block Fun 1 - 158 entries
Manipulate the columns to produce desired result.
Refactor arguments into object argument - 150 entries
A relatively common Javascript refactoring.
Java Array2List - 210 entries
Convert an java array initializer into a list.
Entries sort - 69 entries
It cames to my mind a weird idea : sorting parts of my .vimrc. Take few minutes to sort out this, it's easy !
Dehamlizing - 155 entries
Change this piece of HAML code back into erb
Shuffle and Sort - 159 entries
The values where sorted incorrectly. Get them back to how they are supposed to be
Sort the cardinal numbers - 195 entries
Maybe a simple challenge.
Round Round - 199 entries
Round Round
Recursively Palindrome - 193 entries
Note that there are 2^6-1 characters.
Piphilology - 102 entries
Piphilology comprises the creation and use of mnemonic techniques to remember a span of digits of the mathematical constant π. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piphilology
Another Mixed-Up Haiku - 196 entries
VimGolf ... a perfect evening?
Separating firstname & lastname - 76 entries
Seperate named with equal tabs.
Aligning function arguments to match a specific coding style - 151 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.
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 1 - 176 entries
Convert this tiny php class to adequate java one.
It'ss tooo coold too typpe todaay - 191 entries
My hands are numb with cold. It's hard to type correctly.
Generate Fibonacci Numbers - 190 entries
Use your super vim powers to generate Fibonacci Numbers.
constructor - 161 entries
coding a constructor for a simple class
Winding path - 81 entries
It's a maze, but the bad paths have been blocked off. Mark the correct path.
Groups magic - 131 entries
Regexp or macros for string converting: (a) -> ___ (abc) -> ____ (abcd) -> ______ All in the '(' replace to _ multiply by char count + ()
REDRUM - 129 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.
Complete the hex array data - 174 entries
Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]
formatted text to markdown - 170 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.
Turn this csv list into queries - 180 entries
Transform each line of this csv file into a MySQL-ready INSERT query.
Inconsistent real estate paste - 140 entries
Format a hand-typed real estate listing that uses inconsistent punctuation into four sections
Multiplication table. - 168 entries
Create a multiplication table.
Cartesian product - 178 entries
{1,2,3,4,5} X {1,2,3,4,5}
Refactoring useless Method away - 72 entries
Real-life challenge, convert a bunch of ifs to a switch statement
Fill visual area - 66 entries
Just have fun!
SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 130 entries
Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.
Circle in a square - 119 entries
Probably looks more like "Egg in a rectangle" in most fonts, but it's actually 23x23.
Rail fence transposition cipher - 63 entries
Solve a rail fence transposition cipher using vim. This ciphertext was created using two rails. Use vim to transpose the text and recover the original quote.
Sudoku table - 50 entries
Make this simple sudoku table look nice and legible.
Draw the Go board - 108 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))
Create a pandoc compatible table - 132 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/
Convert pandoc unordered list to a numbered list - 128 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?
Unwrap the text of an email message - 119 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?
Define to require - 113 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.
Write Setters and Getters for PHP - 86 entries
Just simple automation of writing Setters and Getters like Doctrine might use.
Land of the Lost - 60 entries
Enter the tabs below the lyrics
Almost encrypted - 161 entries
Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.
O Christmas Tree - 88 entries
Design a macro that makes trees grow (or ASCII triangles, if that's too hard).
SFD-ROC: Tic-Tac-Toe - 116 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.
Solve the Sokoban - 150 entries
A wink for all Vimgolfers that play Nethack too.
SQL to YAML - 32 entries
Should be easy with vim, or not?
Comparing scores - 68 entries
If Alice and Bob both did the challenge, put their entries together in the top paragraph, so we can compare their scores more easily.
ascii-art diamond - 24 entries
Simple ascii-art diamond. The grid is 40x40.
Checkerboard case pattern - 106 entries
All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.
PEP8 Python Wrapping Comments and Code - 148 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
Replace Parameter with Explicit Methods - 61 entries
Implementing the methods of a Java Interface
Changing URL path in CSS - 111 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)
CSV to JSON - 141 entries
A search for shortest vimissh way to convert CSV to JSON.
Overall Vimgolf Rank - 136 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.
Extract text from xml - 96 entries
Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.
Ninjas Leaderboard - 79 entries
The two lines in "Start file" has an obfuscated email address. Second line give an index (from 1 to 30) to the chars list of the first line, for example, the first char of email (n) is in position 25, second char (i) is in position 19 and s.o.
Calculate the table totals - 105 entries
Go ahead... commit the treachery of using vim as a spreadsheet.
Printable ASCII characters - 95 entries
From a blank input, print all 95 printing ASCII characters one per line, from space to tilde.
Lower cased and dashed strings - 39 entries
As I have to generate big fixtures files, I wanted to find a way to format input data the way described by start and end files. Especially the lower-cased-and-dashed ids Not so good to find a pure Vim way, that's why I submit this challenge ;)
Getters & Setters: Java - 129 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...
Square numbers - 52 entries
Boring math puzzle.
Roman numerals - 57 entries
Use the substitutions on top to convert unary to Roman numerals.
Happy New Year! - 126 entries
This is a simple new year's challenge.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 - 125 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.)
SFD-ROC: Pipe Dreams - 93 entries
Move the pipes so they match the output.
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 116 entries
Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]
Letters are numbers - 121 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?
Format the output - 95 entries
Sometimes your standard out is a little hard to read. Take this multilevel hash and make it human readable.
HTML formatting: vertical alignment for readability - 59 entries
We did this a VimGolf challenge at work and now that we have finished I want to see if you guys can come up with something even better than we could. Our best solution was 44 keystrokes.
Word Blender - 118 entries
The insides of long words seem to have been run through the blender. Can you fix this famous tale, brave knight?
Create bison tokens - 30 entries
Create tokens for bison out of a known list of words
paste indent correction - JS - 75 entries
You copy some javascript code from a website and paste it into vim, it does not look good!
It's a factor - 75 entries
Flaunt your macro prowess by factoring some numbers. Too hard? It takes less than 30 strokes, I promise.
Not enough Ps - 41 entries
Different type of code
Tiny column alignment - 37 entries
Align using the four blocks, don't forget to lowercase and have fun!
Execute immediate SQL - 72 entries
Sql string tranformation ...
Linear congruential generator - 103 entries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator
Greek column realign - 40 entries
Oops one letter is missing! Shift down the second column to insert nu letter. Symbol can be entered using: <C-K>n*
Remove Accent off the Letter - 100 entries
Remove all the accent from extremely accented statements.
C to VimDict - 38 entries
Convert a C data structure to a Vimscript dictionary.
Lookahead and Lookbehind - 62 entries
Look everywhere
Chucking wood - 68 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.)
Complete the circuit grid! - 72 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! - 71 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.
SFD-ROC: ROT13 Phonics - 69 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.
Hanging Indent for Footnotes - 57 entries
Format this footnote (in kramdown syntax) so that it has hanging indent.
Transposition - 64 entries
Transpose the original lines in separate columns, one for each line.
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 2 - 83 entries
Same class but reverse!
Before there was Farmville... - 90 entries
There was old MacDonald. For my toddler. The first Vim sing-a-long?
Python: Lots of function arguments - 64 entries
The function definition is too long for one line. The modeline helps you with some typical Python indent settings.
Flip the chessboard - 64 entries
White's turn is over. Flip the board to black's perspective. I added coordinates to frustrate you.
SFD-ROC: ASCII Logo Border - 66 entries
Draw a border around this familiar logo ;)
Create an alphabet diamond - 67 entries
Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...
Remove hard line breaks - 31 entries
Text files with Hard breaks are not good for e-readers. We need remove all hard line breaks and have long lines.
JSON string rotation - 35 entries
Right value strings are misplaced. Just rotate them! I'm too kind with you guys and didn't included "strings with \" in it"!
Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 60 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.)
Sierpinski's Triangle - 62 entries
Build the famous fractal, Sierpinski's Triangle.
Five Pillars - 43 entries
Arrange all words in a table with 5 columns. The minimal space between words in columns is 2 spaces. Columns do have varying width.
Add links to an existing HTML table - 59 entries
Add these links at that top to the respective table cell. First link, first cell, etc.
Circle of Fifths with Sharps - 61 entries
Display a list of the Circle of Fifths with corresponding solfege syllables with sharps. Handling spaces may be tricky.
Binary and Increment - 32 entries
Some numbers fun: not only increasing numbers but also increasing binary.
Dumb to smart - 80 entries
Turn dumb quote to smart vim's way.
fib.c cleanup - 54 entries
cleanup the file
Carriage return - 40 entries
I have some raw data from terminal output which uses carriege return for formatting. Carriage return sets the pointer to the first character on the line, and subsequent characters will overwrite what was there before. The challange is to simulate the terminal behaviour in vim. I'm kind of unsure if I should have skipped lines 9 and 15, since there might be some interesting solutions which are not that generic. Happy Golfing!
Here, piggy, piggy... - 75 entries
Youay owknay atwhay otay oday...
Enharmonic Equivalents - 52 entries
Transform # and b to digraphs
Recursive Cowsay - 41 entries
Convert 'cowsay' statement to recursive output
Sort with uniq OpenEmbedded package names - 26 entries
For each line take 4th dirname of path. For example: "alsa-utils", "gawk-3.1.5", ... But! But if previous result is "files", take 3rd dirname instead. For example: "mktemp", "mklibs" ... If version is present in package name (dash is the separator character), take it. For example: "apt-0.9.9.4" prevails over "apt". And finally, use sort -u to get unique names!
Coordinates placeholder - 47 entries
Place coordinates instead of target search.
Permutations N=4 - 38 entries
Could use backtracking or other algorithm to generate sorted numbers. Second chance !
Chinese Multiplication Table - 46 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.
Convert regular pandoc footnotes to in-line notes - 51 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.)
Return the cow - 66 entries
This cow is too verbose. Give it a lesson.
Merge blank lines and properly capitalize - 23 entries
Here you need complete 2 tasks: 1. Remove all unwanted continuous blank lines and leave only 1 blank line between paragraphs. 2. Properly capitalize the sentences.
Maze path - 20 entries
Follow the given motions and mark your path with Xs. Attention: This maze is quite big (20x20), please set your terminal size to at least 82.
range(10) digit rotation - 25 entries
This is a data generator challenge or some kind of gift..
Sort by sum of numbers in a line(?) - 45 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...
Forgot to follow the naming convention... - 18 entries
Rename everything like MY_VAR_SOMETHING to MyVarSomething.
Presidential Sorting - 45 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!
un-C-escape string - 51 entries
Convert escape sequences to characters
Under the cupola - 37 entries
Taking some liberty about the name and plot of the Stephen King's famous novel (and TV series) to make this challenge. Are you able to recreate graphically the key phrase of the story? (I think is gonna be hard!)
Custom McCarthy sequence - 22 entries
Generate the first one hundred and twenty numbers (starting with n=1). See here for some inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthy_91_function
Simple Maths - 25 entries
Not much to say, discover by yourself!
Config Sections - 25 entries
Section me!
50 factorials mod 97 - 23 entries
List 1! to 50!, but give your answer mod 97.
Untangle my tail, please! - 36 entries
You know, this words were playing to chase their tails and Oops! What happened? Now we have a complete mess, their tails are totally tangled, can you please help them to untangle their tails?
XML to JSON - 41 entries
Convert this xml file into json.
Across-Down Flip - 37 entries
Do this instead of the Sunday crossword.
maximun and minimun - 44 entries
Find the maximum and minimum of the rows.
No naked if allowed! - 15 entries
House style forbids naked condition statements, comments should start with a space character and be on their own line. Good luck!
Extended Customer 2 - 39 entries
Format the chars
Sort by your own sum - 41 entries
Same numbers as last time, but you'll have to add them yourself.
Fibonacci Triangles - 38 entries
Triangles
Greek Letters - 39 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!
Convert pasted text into Markdown - 11 entries
I often need to copy/paste text into Markdown files. The challenge here is to wrap the lines in a way that prefers breaks after periods, commas, or other logical demarcations. There should be no spaces at the beginning of a line.
LaTeX to XML Math Delimiters - 35 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>"
Refactor to Helpers - 45 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.)
199 Fibonacci Numbers - 34 entries
Generate 199 Fibonacci Numbers using, if you like, the function S(x,y), a vimscript to sum two big numbers in reverse order.
Hail to Alekseï Pajitnov - 20 entries
Wanna play tetris? Don't panic, it's quite long but there's no piece rotation. Little advice: source the file, Luke!
Change The Perspective - 31 entries
This is a go game recodes file(.sgf file, refer to http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/). It base on such a coordinate system: in vertical direction, is from top(farthest end) to bottom, mark as a,b,c,...，s(19*19 board); in horizontal direction, is from left to right, uses the same notations. For Example, the coordinate notation 'cq', is the position at the bottom-left corner(vertical coordinate first). The record is from one player's perspective. We need to change to another's, but we don't want to change coordinate system, let it keep top to bottom and left to right. so we have to change the coordinates, a <-> s, b <-> r,c <-> q, etc. the Position 'cq', as transformation, it will be 'qd'.
Acute accents - 21 entries
Featuring all 17 lowercase letters with an acute accent digraph. Find a way to automate the digraphs.
Conway sequence - 17 entries
Generate the the first fifteen numbers. See here for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-and-say_sequence