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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

V to the i - 4885 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #937 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2429 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #524 / 773
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2649 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #408 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Condensed Cases - 829 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #158 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1454 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #779 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 1
Count both ways - 1053 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #103 / 362
  • Number of attempts: 2
Gray area - 765 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #152 / 277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 2070 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: 14
  • Position: #320 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1421 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2194 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 1
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