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Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 485 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 19
Position: #234 / 271
Number of attempts: 1

Paste a column after a column - 2262 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #145 / 491
Number of attempts: 7

Filter number combinations that don't add to 11 - 376 entries

Append the sum of each line to its end, alongside an equals sign, and remove any that do not sum to 11. The ordering of lines should stay the same. Note that the combinations are semi-arbitrary and not all 4-number combinations are present in the file.

Best score: 27
Best player score: 29
Position: #80 / 110
Number of attempts: 2

HS exam question - 1510 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

Best score: 47
Best player score: 65
Position: #151 / 397
Number of attempts: 2

Substraction (bis) - 578 entries

Solve the equations (adapted from the original @Caek_'s challenge).

Best score: 21
Best player score: 36
Position: #81 / 107
Number of attempts: 4

Python: Def to Lambda - 423 entries

LAMBDA!!!

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #89 / 149
Number of attempts: 1

Rural Post - 4368 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #232 / 1072
Number of attempts: 5

Yo To Hello - 1115 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #188 / 518
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6208 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #1144 / 1517
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #760 / 3842
Number of attempts: 8

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1150 / 3044
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2001 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #461 / 516
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #386 / 1144
Number of attempts: 4

Box it - 7828 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #927 / 1865
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 4792 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #715 / 1585
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1369 / 4164
Number of attempts: 2

One to Ten - 2165 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #290 / 662
Number of attempts: 3

Swap assigned value - 624 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #106 / 249
Number of attempts: 6

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 16
Position: #2699 / 4161
Number of attempts: 1

Subtraction - 178 entries

Solve the equations.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 61
Position: #60 / 61
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2437 / 3666
Number of attempts: 4

Word frequency alignment - 274 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

Best score: 5
Best player score: 6
Position: #147 / 157
Number of attempts: 1

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 401 entries

Someone has vandalized this text file and replaced the beginning character of one word in each line with a Big "X." Please remove the big X's, and fix each line to read "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog."

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #6 / 188
Number of attempts: 3

SFD-ROC: ROT13 Phonics - 98 entries

A is for apple, b is for ball, etc... This familiar phonics poem has been rotated 13 characters. Make the letter match the word.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #60 / 71
Number of attempts: 5

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1091 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #334 / 441
Number of attempts: 4

replacing each line of a block selection - 2947 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #224 / 768
Number of attempts: 6

Append semicolon after expressions - 1005 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #137 / 403
Number of attempts: 5

Reverse and double space - 489 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #84 / 194
Number of attempts: 4

Remove semicolons after expressions - 628 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 7
Position: #142 / 258
Number of attempts: 1

The meaning - 558 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #313 / 356
Number of attempts: 2

A Simple One - 1001 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #562 / 643
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse Simple Deletion - 832 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #370 / 454
Number of attempts: 2

Increment, increment, increment.... - 662 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #60 / 401
Number of attempts: 5

Context insensitive completion 0 - 507 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 8
Position: #141 / 232
Number of attempts: 3

Sort and add attributes - 1327 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #358 / 529
Number of attempts: 2

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