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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

One number per line - 18798 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1618 / 3880
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1181 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 4
From A to B - 591 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #112 / 159
  • Number of attempts: 3
VimGolfNight - 575 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #227 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 2
Shift down - 209 entries

Number words are back.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #26 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 6
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #596 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #30 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 8
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: #94 / 138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 2024 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #564 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5085 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #876 / 1750
  • Number of attempts: 3
Numbering a List - 1939 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #267 / 655
  • Number of attempts: 4
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 512 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #185 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat most common surnames - 757 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #119 / 219
  • Number of attempts: 3
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