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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33990 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3841 / 7510
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4704 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #97 / 1292
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18900 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #81 / 3903
  • Number of attempts: 10
Extract argument from function - 2409 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #90 / 771
  • Number of attempts: 6
Make HTML List - 1071 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #38 / 275
  • Number of attempts: 9
C Reformatting - 710 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #32 / 166
  • Number of attempts: 12
Collect List - 4336 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #21 / 1198
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: 21
  • Position: #25 / 111
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1037 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #65 / 359
  • Number of attempts: 2
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1188 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #217 / 308
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #475 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 2
attr_aligner - 3566 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #76 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 12
Words in parens - 13037 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #448 / 3989
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 3054 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #68 / 788
  • Number of attempts: 7
Refactor to Helpers - 52 entries

This Rails partial is almost all template escapes. Put it into a helper, and refactor each case to methods so we can build out the controls for each. (I've converted to tabs - fighting with Vimgolf's default config shouldn't be part of the challenge.)

  • Best score: 147
  • Best player score: 147
  • Position: #2 / 26
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13606 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1385 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7660 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #118 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 13
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