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Played Challenges

Extract argument from function - 2372 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #571 / 757
  • Number of attempts: 3
Search and Replace 0 - 5010 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1194 / 1632
  • Number of attempts: 5
vim1001 - 307 entries

change number 1001 into a "vim1001 sequence". (My first challenge, hope it is not too bad... )

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #86 / 110
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #888 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 3
Two become one - 716 entries

We have two c arrays and want to make one two dimensional out of it. Can we do that?

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #152 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #430 / 438
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mess in revision history - 1210 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #203 / 254
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2954 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 5
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #421 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 5
quotes inside quotes - 3182 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 :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #589 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2848 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 7
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1619 entries

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

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #364 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 1
Switch function arguments - 2179 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #97 / 673
  • Number of attempts: 6
Simple text editing with Vim - 13183 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3157 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 2
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