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Played Challenges

Python dataclasses - 48 entries

Simple challenge to extract fields from a Python class

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 33
  • Number of attempts: 1
RUST Cargo.toml version to last - 98 entries

RUST Cargo.toml version to last. rusty practice on vimgolf

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Number of attempts: 2
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge6 - 36 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 3
  • Best player score: 3
  • Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge5 - 96 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 7
  • Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge4 - 62 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 8
  • Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge3 - 22 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 4
  • Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 149 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 7
  • Number of attempts: 2
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge1 - 29 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Number of attempts: 1
ASCII-art Histogram - 263 entries

Create an ASCCI-art histogram for the given numbers. Make sure not to leave trailing whitespaces. Thanks to VimGolf I recently discovered a feature of Vim thAT blew my mind. I'm curious to see what real ninjas make of it ;-)

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 62
  • Number of attempts: 1
change parenthesis - 231 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 1
Join 'em - 199 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1061 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7592 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment each number - 922 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2028 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: 23
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 584 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

  • Best score: 3
  • Best player score: 18
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple format (2) - 282 entries

try again!

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 39
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2697 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 2
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 423 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/

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 43
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mauricio Ariza
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