Played Challenges
Every other line - 2910 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #476 / 703
- Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1118 entries
It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 28
- Position: #318 / 321
- Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11423 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #3487 / 4185
- Number of attempts: 4
Adam's challenge - 978 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
- Best score: 18
- Best player score: 22
- Position: #169 / 268
- Number of attempts: 6
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 862 entries
Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #237 / 289
- Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7903 entries
Little role switching.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 46
- Position: #2087 / 2125
- Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12928 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #3274 / 3960
- Number of attempts: 3
Contributed Challenges
comment and uncomment code inline - 1118 entries
It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.
Nathan Slaughter
Twitter: @NjSlaughter
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