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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 29
  • Position: #4668 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2843 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4885 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1057 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 70
  • Position: #636 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2429 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #697 / 773
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2649 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #443 / 712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #4171 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #1263 / 1281
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wrap text in quotes - 378 entries

All the blocks of text should be wrapped in quotation marks.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #83 / 124
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 8021 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1575 / 2158
  • Number of attempts: 3
C Reformatting - 712 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 67
  • Position: #139 / 167
  • Number of attempts: 2
Restore order to the alphabet - 212 entries

The numbers are OK. The letters are wonky.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #73 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 2
camel riding - 817 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #184 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1696 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #447 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the XML - 1052 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #286 / 292
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 33
  • Position: #102 / 116
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2503 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1106 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 1
attr_aligner - 3568 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #665 / 711
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 33
  • Position: #1079 / 1093
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #3617 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7694 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #1595 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 1
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