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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #780 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4667 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #140 / 1284
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #159 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 8
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #447 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2156 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #103 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 4
multiple cursor alternative - 1547 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #7 / 385
  • Number of attempts: 6
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #170 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #831 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #253 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 6
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #963 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #535 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 5
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #650 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1085 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 3
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #127 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 14
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #755 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 4
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #454 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: 13
  • Position: #462 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7508 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #155 / 1847
  • Number of attempts: 8
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