VimGolfPlayed Challenges
Simple, Practical, and Common - 34033 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: #4339 / 7519
- Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4707 entries
Well, swap the values...
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #1129 / 1294
- Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18909 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #2413 / 3906
- Number of attempts: 3
Separate the lines - 202 entries
Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #89 / 98
- Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4887 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 7
- Position: #501 / 1916
- Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2175 entries
This line is too long, split it.
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 37
- Position: #622 / 639
- Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1566 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: #365 / 471
- Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2951 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #616 / 712
- Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2924 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #376 / 647
- Number of attempts: 1
comment and uncomment code inline - 1182 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: #307 / 332
- Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11630 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #3817 / 4261
- Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1861 entries
The team names are misspelled.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #440 / 596
- Number of attempts: 1
Todo list specification - 420 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: #164 / 187
- Number of attempts: 1
Stairstep digits - 426 entries
Remove the evens. Double the odds.
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #79 / 154
- Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries
Renumbering Basic.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #1056 / 1281
- Number of attempts: 1
Simple addition - 351 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: #94 / 128
- Number of attempts: 3
create arrows in a list - 146 entries
Add arrow at same distance
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #26 / 81
- Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 1043 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: #242 / 281
- Number of attempts: 2
Create a table - 343 entries
Convert the given input into a formatted table
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 29
- Position: #99 / 108
- Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 886 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: #264 / 297
- Number of attempts: 1
Nesting SASS - 302 entries
Move a block inside another block and indent it
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 24
- Position: #101 / 102
- Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8021 entries
Little role switching.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #1980 / 2158
- Number of attempts: 1
Add Go XML to structure tags - 211 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: #21 / 77
- Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2481 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 41
- Position: #415 / 461
- Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4342 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #1112 / 1200
- Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16240 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #3764 / 4226
- Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #3418 / 3717
- Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13058 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #3499 / 3993
- Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13667 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #2776 / 3914
- Number of attempts: 1
