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Generate Fibonacci Numbers - 199 entries
Use your super vim powers to generate Fibonacci Numbers.
Separating firstname & lastname - 96 entries
Seperate named with equal tabs.
swap or reverse - 87 entries
Try to swap or reverse the line as needed.
ASCII Art - 67 entries
how good are you with simple regex?
Assign numbers to fields - 80 entries
You are given a list of space-separated strings. Add an increasing numeric prefix to each one.
Another Mixed-Up Haiku - 196 entries
VimGolf ... a perfect evening?
Dehamlizing - 155 entries
Change this piece of HAML code back into erb
It'ss tooo coold too typpe todaay - 194 entries
My hands are numb with cold. It's hard to type correctly.
Piphilology - 114 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
PHP <--> Java class conversion Part 1 - 178 entries
Convert this tiny php class to adequate java one.
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.
constructor - 161 entries
coding a constructor for a simple class
Complete the hex array data - 174 entries
Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]
Turn this csv list into queries - 181 entries
Transform each line of this csv file into a MySQL-ready INSERT query.
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.
Multiplication table. - 170 entries
Create a multiplication table.
SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 140 entries
Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.
Groups magic - 134 entries
Regexp or macros for string converting: (a) -> ___ (abc) -> ____ (abcd) -> ______ All in the '(' replace to _ multiply by char count + ()
Unwrap the text of an email message - 135 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?
Winding path - 91 entries
It's a maze, but the bad paths have been blocked off. Mark the correct path.
REDRUM - 131 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.
Inconsistent real estate paste - 140 entries
Format a hand-typed real estate listing that uses inconsistent punctuation into four sections
Turn a ninja to case-insensitive [Nn][Ii][Nn][Jj][Aa] regexp! - 40 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!
Circle in a square - 125 entries
Probably looks more like "Egg in a rectangle" in most fonts, but it's actually 23x23.
Create a pandoc compatible table - 136 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/
Almost encrypted - 164 entries
Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.
Convert pandoc unordered list to a numbered list - 130 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?
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 !
Solve the Sokoban - 158 entries
A wink for all Vimgolfers that play Nethack too.
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))
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.
Fill visual area - 70 entries
Just have fun!
Refactoring useless Method away - 74 entries
Real-life challenge, convert a bunch of ifs to a switch statement
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.
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
Write Setters and Getters for PHP - 86 entries
Just simple automation of writing Setters and Getters like Doctrine might use.
Converting group lines from format A to Format B - 20 entries
Convert from one format to another
Double and switch - 35 entries
Aaaanother case switcher
O Christmas Tree - 88 entries
Design a macro that makes trees grow (or ASCII triangles, if that's too hard).
CSV to JSON - 141 entries
A search for shortest vimissh way to convert CSV to JSON.
Checkerboard case pattern - 106 entries
All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.
Overall Vimgolf Rank - 138 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.
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)
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.
Flatten repo - 22 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
Extract text from xml - 101 entries
Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.
Happy New Year! - 129 entries
This is a simple new year's challenge.
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 123 entries
Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]
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...
Land of the Lost - 60 entries
Enter the tabs below the lyrics