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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #1863 / 3898
Number of attempts: 6

V to the i - 4860 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1085 / 1910
Number of attempts: 5

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3645 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #42 / 1182
Number of attempts: 5

Word Blender - 148 entries

The insides of long words seem to have been run through the blender. Can you fix this famous tale, brave knight?

Best score: 28
Best player score: 34
Position: #19 / 57
Number of attempts: 2

Extract argument from function - 2399 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #664 / 767
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 5115 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #349 / 1667
Number of attempts: 1

Across-Down Flip - 81 entries

Do this instead of the Sunday crossword.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 42
Position: #22 / 27
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2781 / 4246
Number of attempts: 1

Extended Customer 2 - 59 entries

Format the chars

Best score: 47
Best player score: 72
Position: #12 / 22
Number of attempts: 4

unknown command - 175 entries

I want change 5 words

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #32 / 91
Number of attempts: 1

VimGolfNight - 581 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #192 / 353
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 17
Position: #3033 / 4218
Number of attempts: 1

vim1001 - 315 entries

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

Best score: 17
Best player score: 23
Position: #58 / 111
Number of attempts: 3

Subtraction - 201 entries

Solve the equations.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 32
Position: #55 / 63
Number of attempts: 1

Roman numerals - 94 entries

Use the substitutions on top to convert unary to Roman numerals.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 26
Position: #22 / 30
Number of attempts: 6

-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #453 / 1143
Number of attempts: 1

Count both ways - 1035 entries

Right AND down.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #146 / 358
Number of attempts: 3

Change name of a variable - 182 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #68 / 140
Number of attempts: 2

120 Degrees - 517 entries

Rotate that triangle.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 25
Position: #106 / 147
Number of attempts: 2

NBCU Weekly Challenge - #0 - 148 entries

One of our favorites lines here at NBCU! p.s. The first version of #0 was deleted due to me copy/pasting a HTML entity. Congrats to the one who figured that out, you are a true ninja warrior!

Best score: 30
Best player score: 31
Position: #26 / 59
Number of attempts: 2

Neither Fizz nor Buzz - 270 entries

Not your regular increment macro! The gaps are tricky.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 20
Position: #69 / 106
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 2044 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: 16
Position: #457 / 591
Number of attempts: 1

Where should I put the Newline? - 897 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #310 / 445
Number of attempts: 1

Shuffle puzzle - 361 entries

Sort the lines in each indent group, and sort the groups. That's the pattern. Or just move lines around manually to get a better score.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #40 / 106
Number of attempts: 4

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #2558 / 3711
Number of attempts: 1

Letter case trickery - 1663 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 11
Position: #259 / 522
Number of attempts: 1

quotes inside quotes - 3200 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: 14
Position: #168 / 1091
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #2160 / 3986
Number of attempts: 4

Delete unwanted lines - 441 entries

Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #142 / 235
Number of attempts: 1

Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 111 entries

Not as easy as the last challenge. This time, just one space between a and b, up to 25 spaces between y and z. (Removed some lines; diff was too long.)

Best score: 15
Best player score: 63
Position: #45 / 48
Number of attempts: 1

Sort by your own sum - 97 entries

Same numbers as last time, but you'll have to add them yourself.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 37
Position: #24 / 31
Number of attempts: 4

abcd > a b c d - 300 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #140 / 229
Number of attempts: 1

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1641 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: #210 / 456
Number of attempts: 1

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1151 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #267 / 456
Number of attempts: 3

Append semicolon after expressions - 1068 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #223 / 424
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5114 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #1161 / 1759
Number of attempts: 2

Make it more readable - 2028 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #173 / 656
Number of attempts: 2

Line Zipper - 477 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 19
Position: #206 / 216
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #143 / 658
Number of attempts: 5

Reverse characters in a line - 819 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 14
Position: #109 / 276
Number of attempts: 9