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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 24
  • Position: #2841 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2156 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #448 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #507 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1809 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #659 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
Restore order to the alphabet - 201 entries

The numbers are OK. The letters are wonky.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #24 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap assigned value - 671 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #75 / 259
  • Number of attempts: 2
VimGolfNight - 575 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #218 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 1
swap or reverse - 126 entries

Try to swap or reverse the line as needed.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #61 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1659 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #404 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 1
Condensed Cases - 807 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: 22
  • Position: #229 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #563 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change name of a variable - 180 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #91 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 1
120 Degrees - 505 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #22 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2244 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 5
Prefixes and suffixes - 638 entries

Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #128 / 203
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1138 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #81 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove semicolons after expressions - 663 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #220 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 2
The meaning - 577 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #249 / 364
  • Number of attempts: 1
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1011 entries

convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #117 / 194
  • Number of attempts: 2
Table Reshuffle - 450 entries

Fix the column order in this table... also append the new 'username' column.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #94 / 144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Ruby 1.9 compat - 640 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #152 / 236
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse Simple Deletion - 862 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #313 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 789 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #144 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 5
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