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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6380 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1049 / 1557
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1025 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #450 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1003 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mirror Symmetry - 822 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #102 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 4
Space out the alphabet - 1659 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #397 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2809 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2010 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2230 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 2
Prefixes and suffixes - 649 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #113 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #884 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove dupes from array - 1361 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: 22
  • Position: #180 / 338
  • Number of attempts: 5
Numbering a List - 1941 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #345 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1452 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7508 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #672 / 1847
  • Number of attempts: 1
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