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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4883 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1809 / 1914
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 16
  • Position: #521 / 772
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1577 / 1674
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2646 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #604 / 711
  • Number of attempts: 2
learn vim in short time - 247 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #139 / 167
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1052 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #360 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 1
Suffix sort - 301 entries

Sort from the end of the line, as if the letters in each line were reversed.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #61 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 1
120 Degrees - 517 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #147 / 147
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 763 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #196 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 911 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #326 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3027 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 1
attr_aligner - 3566 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #571 / 710
  • 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: 18
  • Position: #980 / 1093
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3088 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 1
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