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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #824 / 1879
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 4790 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #339 / 1585
  • Number of attempts: 6
120 Degrees - 468 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #82 / 143
  • Number of attempts: 3
Don't know what this is - 1978 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #16 / 578
  • Number of attempts: 7
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #433 / 3666
  • Number of attempts: 6
attr_aligner - 3444 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #477 / 692
  • Number of attempts: 4
quotes inside quotes - 3125 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: 22
  • Position: #1024 / 1072
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12854 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2826 / 3945
  • Number of attempts: 1
Switch function arguments - 2078 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #553 / 651
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5031 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #318 / 1735
  • Number of attempts: 5
Numbering a List - 1859 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #586 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12281 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2519 / 3580
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6557 entries

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

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #935 / 1614
  • Number of attempts: 1
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