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Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1510 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

Best score: 47
Best player score: 56
Position: #75 / 397
Number of attempts: 4

Rural Post - 4368 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

Best score: 9
Best player score: 11
Position: #490 / 1072
Number of attempts: 2

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 22
Position: #1227 / 7364
Number of attempts: 15

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #196 / 1257
Number of attempts: 7

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6208 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #640 / 1517
Number of attempts: 8

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #864 / 3842
Number of attempts: 11

V to the i - 4751 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #527 / 1879
Number of attempts: 5

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1622 / 3044
Number of attempts: 3

Split line with dots - 2125 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #430 / 630
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #119 / 1144
Number of attempts: 2

From argument to object - 1474 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?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 18
Position: #223 / 450
Number of attempts: 2

Copy three lines - 2840 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #319 / 635
Number of attempts: 1

Array propagate - 319 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

Best score: 23
Best player score: 25
Position: #47 / 115
Number of attempts: 2

Number Sort - 305 entries

sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #18 / 163
Number of attempts: 3

comment and uncomment code inline - 1069 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.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #73 / 314
Number of attempts: 6

Flip the bit - 120 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 10
Position: #46 / 71
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2557 / 4164
Number of attempts: 3

Team names - 1805 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 19
Position: #405 / 581
Number of attempts: 1

Todo list specification - 385 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 39
Position: #137 / 176
Number of attempts: 1

Back to the roots - 52 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

Best score: 22
Best player score: 23
Position: #8 / 36
Number of attempts: 1

Missing Library and a Typo - 856 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #62 / 209
Number of attempts: 4

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 18
Position: #683 / 1258
Number of attempts: 2

Adam's challenge - 957 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #51 / 266
Number of attempts: 5

sort python functions and methods alphabetically - 22 entries

* sort functions in the python file alphabetically * sort functions within a Class alphabetically * sort Classes alphabetically

Best score: 20
Best player score: 24
Position: #9 / 13
Number of attempts: 2

Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 840 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #96 / 287
Number of attempts: 4

One to Ten - 2165 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #51 / 662
Number of attempts: 3

Increment each number - 977 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #152 / 242
Number of attempts: 5

Array transposition - 2378 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #87 / 443
Number of attempts: 10

Collect List - 4264 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #338 / 1186
Number of attempts: 8

Condensed Cases - 788 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.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #169 / 242
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 19
Position: #3471 / 4161
Number of attempts: 2

-a-b-c- - 3176 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #667 / 1129
Number of attempts: 2

Gray area - 732 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #178 / 268
Number of attempts: 3

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1120 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 32
Position: #277 / 293
Number of attempts: 1

Split the words - 356 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.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #34 / 108
Number of attempts: 3

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10628 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2247 / 3667
Number of attempts: 6

Letter case trickery - 1594 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.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 11
Position: #283 / 511
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #1619 / 3946
Number of attempts: 3

switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #924 / 1736
Number of attempts: 1

Make it more readable - 1952 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #298 / 640
Number of attempts: 5

Simple text editing with Vim - 12290 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1598 / 3581
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6560 entries

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

Best score: 32
Best player score: 36
Position: #457 / 1616
Number of attempts: 2