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Played Challenges

Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1065 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1254 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 1
Todo list specification - 409 entries

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

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #127 / 185
  • Number of attempts: 1
Format java properties - 100 entries

Format java properties to a different format. The value which is the string following the first '=' cannot & should not change. All periods in the key get replaced with an underscore "_" and get a prefix of "b_".

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #29 / 37
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 1020 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: 23
  • Position: #225 / 279
  • Number of attempts: 2
Replace and keep the case - 448 entries

Replace all instance of plugin and Plugin to device and Device.

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #99 / 121
  • Number of attempts: 1
Where should I put the Newline? - 898 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #389 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3200 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #910 / 1091
  • Number of attempts: 2
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1641 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #380 / 456
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 2098 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #415 / 531
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1733 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #373 / 455
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3102 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7649 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #1358 / 1882
  • Number of attempts: 1
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