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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33969 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: #4331 / 7502
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1125 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2409 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 3
Separate the lines - 197 entries

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

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #88 / 96
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #501 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #621 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1552 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: #364 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #614 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2909 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #374 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 1
comment and uncomment code inline - 1158 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: #304 / 329
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3806 / 4243
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #438 / 594
  • Number of attempts: 1
Todo list specification - 408 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: #161 / 184
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairstep digits - 412 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #78 / 151
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1052 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple addition - 337 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: #91 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 3
create arrows in a list - 136 entries

Add arrow at same distance

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #26 / 79
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 1018 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: #239 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 2
Create a table - 342 entries

Convert the given input into a formatted table

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #98 / 107
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 884 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: #263 / 296
  • Number of attempts: 1
Nesting SASS - 296 entries

Move a block inside another block and indent it

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #99 / 100
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1976 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add Go XML to structure tags - 195 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: #20 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2472 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #413 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1109 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16178 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3756 / 4217
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3412 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13029 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3492 / 3985
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13521 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2748 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 1
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