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Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 393 entries

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

Best score: 17
Best player score: 19
Position: #181 / 211
Number of attempts: 1

Paste a column after a column - 1887 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #117 / 407
Number of attempts: 7

Filter number combinations that don't add to 11 - 316 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: 12
Best player score: 29
Position: #70 / 97
Number of attempts: 2

HS exam question - 1345 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

Best score: 47
Best player score: 65
Position: #139 / 365
Number of attempts: 2

Substraction (bis) - 509 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 36
Position: #73 / 99
Number of attempts: 4

Python: Def to Lambda - 421 entries

LAMBDA!!!

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #88 / 148
Number of attempts: 1

Rural Post - 4313 entries

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

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #229 / 1058
Number of attempts: 5

Yo To Hello - 1096 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #188 / 505
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6148 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #1133 / 1504
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18574 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #760 / 3834
Number of attempts: 8

Add semicolons - 10760 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1147 / 3035
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 1971 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #454 / 507
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3503 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #386 / 1135
Number of attempts: 4

Box it - 7789 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #919 / 1855
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 4768 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #715 / 1580
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11331 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1369 / 4156
Number of attempts: 2

One to Ten - 2140 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 / 655
Number of attempts: 3

Swap assigned value - 600 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #106 / 244
Number of attempts: 6

I forgot quotes - 15890 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 16
Position: #2690 / 4152
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 ! - 10595 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2432 / 3657
Number of attempts: 4

Word frequency alignment - 273 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: #146 / 156
Number of attempts: 1

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 398 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 / 186
Number of attempts: 3

SFD-ROC: ROT13 Phonics - 96 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 / 70
Number of attempts: 5

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1068 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #330 / 436
Number of attempts: 4

replacing each line of a block selection - 2912 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #224 / 761
Number of attempts: 6

Append semicolon after expressions - 995 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #137 / 399
Number of attempts: 5

Reverse and double space - 475 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #84 / 191
Number of attempts: 4

Remove semicolons after expressions - 607 entries

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

Best score: 6
Best player score: 7
Position: #141 / 254
Number of attempts: 1

The meaning - 548 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #313 / 351
Number of attempts: 2

A Simple One - 990 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 / 639
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse Simple Deletion - 825 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #370 / 451
Number of attempts: 2

Increment, increment, increment.... - 639 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #60 / 397
Number of attempts: 5

Context insensitive completion 0 - 500 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: #140 / 231
Number of attempts: 3

Sort and add attributes - 1287 entries

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

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #348 / 515
Number of attempts: 2

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