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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33483 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: 28
  • Position: #4282 / 7384
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4554 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1101 / 1259
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18673 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2387 / 3852
  • Number of attempts: 3
Separate the lines - 176 entries

Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #84 / 90
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4771 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #501 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2131 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #616 / 633
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1481 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #350 / 453
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2902 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #609 / 702
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2869 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #372 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 1
comment and uncomment code inline - 1074 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: 18
  • Position: #291 / 316
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11380 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3755 / 4174
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1812 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #432 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 1
Todo list specification - 389 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #158 / 178
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairstep digits - 383 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #76 / 143
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5605 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1037 / 1260
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple addition - 312 entries

The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #86 / 118
  • Number of attempts: 3
create arrows in a list - 106 entries

Add arrow at same distance

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #26 / 71
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 958 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: 25
  • Position: #229 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 2
Create a table - 332 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #97 / 105
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 841 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: 19
  • Position: #257 / 288
  • Number of attempts: 1
Nesting SASS - 262 entries

Move a block inside another block and indent it

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #93 / 94
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7865 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1944 / 2114
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add Go XML to structure tags - 153 entries

The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #18 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2407 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #404 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4267 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1101 / 1188
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15946 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3711 / 4166
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3382 / 3677
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12868 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3463 / 3950
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12491 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2584 / 3626
  • Number of attempts: 1
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