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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #1865 / 3904
Number of attempts: 6

V to the i - 4883 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1086 / 1914
Number of attempts: 5

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #42 / 1185
Number of attempts: 5

Word Blender - 157 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: #20 / 59
Number of attempts: 2

Extract argument from function - 2427 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #669 / 772
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #349 / 1674
Number of attempts: 1

Across-Down Flip - 93 entries

Do this instead of the Sunday crossword.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 42
Position: #24 / 29
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2783 / 4255
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 - 176 entries

I want change 5 words

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #32 / 92
Number of attempts: 1

VimGolfNight - 602 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #192 / 356
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 17
Position: #3038 / 4224
Number of attempts: 1

vim1001 - 327 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 / 112
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 - 106 entries

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

Best score: 17
Best player score: 26
Position: #24 / 32
Number of attempts: 6

-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #455 / 1146
Number of attempts: 1

Count both ways - 1052 entries

Right AND down.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #148 / 361
Number of attempts: 3

Change name of a variable - 196 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 / 147
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 - 162 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: 28
Best player score: 31
Position: #27 / 61
Number of attempts: 2

Neither Fizz nor Buzz - 271 entries

Not your regular increment macro! The gaps are tricky.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 20
Position: #70 / 107
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 2067 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: #461 / 595
Number of attempts: 1

Where should I put the Newline? - 911 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #312 / 450
Number of attempts: 1

Shuffle puzzle - 377 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 / 108
Number of attempts: 4

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #2561 / 3716
Number of attempts: 1

Letter case trickery - 1686 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: #262 / 525
Number of attempts: 1

quotes inside quotes - 3202 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 / 1093
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #2163 / 3991
Number of attempts: 4

Delete unwanted lines - 450 entries

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

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #142 / 236
Number of attempts: 1

Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 112 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: #46 / 49
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 - 308 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #140 / 231
Number of attempts: 1

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1642 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: #211 / 457
Number of attempts: 1

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1162 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #269 / 459
Number of attempts: 3

Append semicolon after expressions - 1086 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #224 / 426
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #1164 / 1764
Number of attempts: 2

Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #174 / 658
Number of attempts: 2

Line Zipper - 480 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 19
Position: #207 / 217
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1969 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #145 / 661
Number of attempts: 5

Reverse characters in a line - 844 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: #112 / 282
Number of attempts: 9