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

Played Challenges

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1051 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1027 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #452 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1006 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mirror Symmetry - 830 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #103 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 4
Space out the alphabet - 1690 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #404 / 454
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2815 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2014 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2234 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 2
Prefixes and suffixes - 664 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #114 / 206
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5114 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #886 / 1759
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove dupes from array - 1362 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 / 339
  • Number of attempts: 5
Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #346 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13526 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1457 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7614 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #678 / 1876
  • Number of attempts: 1
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