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Filling braces - 412 entries

Inspired by a question on CoDidact (https://software.codidact.com/posts/296501), I wondered if Vim could offer a satisfactory ‘solution’ to this problem.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #46 / 133
  • Number of attempts: 4
Even and Odd - 354 entries

separate the even numbers from the odd numbers

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #45 / 86
  • Number of attempts: 2
Modifying .XCompose - 97 entries

You just wrote some lines in .XCompose, but now you want the compose sequences to be more verbose. Change the compose sequence for each Greek letter to its name.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #23 / 25
  • Number of attempts: 2
hexagram binary tree - 128 entries

generate the binary tree that represents all possible hexagrams found in the book of changes (易经)

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #23 / 30
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python. - 1039 entries

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #106 / 252
  • Number of attempts: 2
Delete the last function argument in python. - 707 entries

Delete the last function argument in this python script.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #182 / 253
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flip All Bits - 485 entries

Perform a bitwise NOT operation on each bit, meaning that bits that are 0 become 1, and those that are 1 become 0.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #79 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 1
Find the devices that have no revoked time, and extract out the duration left on their leases. - 255 entries

Extract non-revoked devices and the duration of their leases.

  • Best score: 49
  • Best player score: 66
  • Position: #27 / 60
  • Number of attempts: 3
Convert list of enums to list of localization terms - 256 entries

While making my game Piloteer, I had a large list of TaskTypes and needed to convert them to an equivalent list of localization terms, to be used when translating the game's text into different languages.

  • Best score: 75
  • Best player score: 100
  • Position: #23 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 5
From brakets to parens - 1331 entries

This is one of the most common problem when you wrap an array for error handling. Vim is useful when you convert foo[i][j][k] into foo(i, j, k) for many times.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #153 / 303
  • Number of attempts: 2
π - 337 entries

1200 π chars

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #50 / 82
  • Number of attempts: 6
Create json from a .env file - 1752 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 38
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #221 / 424
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reordering properties - 1385 entries

Arrange the CSS lines for the #topbar selector based on their complete line length, from shortest to longest.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #117 / 302
  • Number of attempts: 3
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