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Played Challenges

vim = 22 / 7 - 491 entries

pi square vim

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #26 / 136
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: 7
Position: #88 / 1914
Number of attempts: 3

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: 13
Position: #91 / 772
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #352 / 1674
Number of attempts: 5

That hyphen - 2646 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #23 / 711
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #64 / 4255
Number of attempts: 2

VimGolfNight - 602 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #197 / 356
Number of attempts: 1

camel riding - 815 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #87 / 284
Number of attempts: 3

Happy TvvO - 439 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #30 / 211
Number of attempts: 1

learn vim in short time - 247 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #28 / 167
Number of attempts: 1

-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #29 / 1146
Number of attempts: 2

Gray area - 763 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #44 / 276
Number of attempts: 3

Winding path - 143 entries

It's a maze, but the bad paths have been blocked off. Mark the correct path.

Best score: 27
Best player score: 27
Position: #5 / 43
Number of attempts: 4

Don't know what this is - 2066 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: #23 / 594
Number of attempts: 5

Where should I put the Newline? - 911 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #111 / 450
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #476 / 3715
Number of attempts: 4

attr_aligner - 3566 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 19
Position: #79 / 710
Number of attempts: 11

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: 10
Position: #120 / 525
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #451 / 3991
Number of attempts: 3

Pairs of numbers - 387 entries

Line 1 represents x, line 2 y-data. Bring the corresponding pairs in the form "[x,y]\n"

Best score: 26
Best player score: 27
Position: #30 / 138
Number of attempts: 6

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: #144 / 231
Number of attempts: 1

A simple change - 484 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #24 / 199
Number of attempts: 2

The name of the game - 696 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #179 / 369
Number of attempts: 1

replacing each line of a block selection - 3067 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #69 / 789
Number of attempts: 5

Switch function arguments - 2229 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #105 / 684
Number of attempts: 4

Append semicolon after expressions - 1086 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #79 / 426
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #329 / 1764
Number of attempts: 3

The meaning - 588 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #241 / 368
Number of attempts: 1

Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #61 / 658
Number of attempts: 3

remove dupes from array - 1377 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #61 / 341
Number of attempts: 8

Shebangs for all - 2101 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #147 / 532
Number of attempts: 5

A Simple One - 1088 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #392 / 679
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse Simple Deletion - 871 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #24 / 465
Number of attempts: 2

Increment, increment, increment.... - 706 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #298 / 416
Number of attempts: 1

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: 12
Position: #8 / 282
Number of attempts: 4

Change the content of a string - 1799 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 22
Position: #145 / 655
Number of attempts: 4

Sort and add attributes - 1591 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 33
Position: #184 / 615
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #296 / 3902
Number of attempts: 2