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Extract argument from function - 2354 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #553 / 751
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4952 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1341 / 1615
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10654 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2649 / 3678
  • Number of attempts: 1
Enumerate words - 254 entries

Enumerate the unique words in order.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #65 / 91
  • Number of attempts: 2
NATO phonetic alphabet - 526 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #131 / 195
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 416 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."

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #71 / 191
  • Number of attempts: 2
The name of the game - 665 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #169 / 360
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1606 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #204 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1118 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #254 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vertical Limit - 2522 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #531 / 751
  • Number of attempts: 2
replacing each line of a block selection - 2979 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #464 / 773
  • Number of attempts: 1
Switch function arguments - 2117 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #473 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 1
Append semicolon after expressions - 1041 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #323 / 412
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse and double space - 499 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #150 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remove noise from HTTP log - 717 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #219 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5061 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1349 / 1743
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 573 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #227 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 1982 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #458 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 1961 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.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #317 / 506
  • Number of attempts: 3
A Simple One - 1037 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #381 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 1
Ruby 1.9 compat - 624 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!

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #110 / 232
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse Simple Deletion - 845 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #292 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 1045 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #91 / 342
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6824 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #715 / 1673
  • Number of attempts: 1
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