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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: 22
  • Position: #11 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4883 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #234 / 1914
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract argument from function - 2427 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #340 / 772
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #394 / 1674
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #345 / 4255
  • Number of attempts: 4
Make HTML List - 1072 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #33 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5736 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #533 / 1280
  • Number of attempts: 9
Add to end of each line... kinda - 350 entries

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #5 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 1
Restore order to the alphabet - 209 entries

The numbers are OK. The letters are wonky.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #29 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 3
Mirror Symmetry - 844 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #17 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #537 / 1200
  • Number of attempts: 3
VimGolfNight - 602 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #221 / 356
  • Number of attempts: 1
camel riding - 815 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #30 / 284
  • Number of attempts: 5
Space out the alphabet - 1693 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #30 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 6
remove all lines in first part - 223 entries

From the second part, remove all lines in the first part. It can be useful when you have done something from a long list, you want to know what is not done yet!

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #29 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 4
Line 'em up! - 427 entries

It can be so hard to keep everything neatly lined-up. Somebody clearly hasn't bothered here. Tidy it up, please!

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #80 / 116
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shuffled numbers - 255 entries

Each number is paired with the number it should follow. That's enough information to put them in order.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #24 / 99
  • Number of attempts: 4
Mute the second method of this script - 464 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #90 / 245
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #217 / 4224
  • Number of attempts: 3
vim1001 - 327 entries

change number 1001 into a "vim1001 sequence". (My first challenge, hope it is not too bad... )

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #41 / 112
  • Number of attempts: 3
-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #107 / 1146
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1052 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #79 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 4
Gray area - 763 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #77 / 276
  • Number of attempts: 3
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1207 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #31 / 309
  • Number of attempts: 8
Where should I put the Newline? - 911 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #152 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #752 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 3
quotes inside quotes - 3202 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #198 / 1093
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #581 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 5
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1642 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #71 / 457
  • Number of attempts: 4
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1162 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #85 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 2
replacing each line of a block selection - 3067 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #75 / 789
  • Number of attempts: 5
Switch function arguments - 2229 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #113 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 7
Append semicolon after expressions - 1086 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #88 / 426
  • Number of attempts: 4
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #362 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1488 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 3
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Louis Burke, Software Engineer, Gaming enthusiast.

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