VimGolfPlayed Challenges
Modernise code - 1410 entries
Modernise and clean up some C++ code.
- Best score: 34
- Best player score: 44
- Position: #166 / 326
- Number of attempts: 2
swap number pairs - 2125 entries
Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #185 / 386
- Number of attempts: 7
Rural Post - 4563 entries
Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #618 / 1113
- Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 22
- Position: #1053 / 7450
- Number of attempts: 12
Swap values - 4644 entries
Well, swap the values...
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #1120 / 1275
- Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries
Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #991 / 1551
- Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18780 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #1737 / 3877
- Number of attempts: 6
Swap values inside brackets - 2515 entries
Easy challenge.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #475 / 584
- Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10891 entries
Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #2073 / 3077
- Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2154 entries
This line is too long, split it.
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #488 / 635
- Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1542 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #118 / 384
- Number of attempts: 4
From argument to object - 1524 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: #376 / 463
- Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2922 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #487 / 706
- Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1151 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: 12
- Position: #255 / 328
- Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11500 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 8
- Position: #2512 / 4216
- Number of attempts: 2
Todo list specification - 401 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: #135 / 180
- Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries
Renumbering Basic.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #688 / 1270
- Number of attempts: 1
Interactive git rebase changing commands - 176 entries
How to change the action of some commits in git rebase dialog.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #28 / 80
- Number of attempts: 4
Adam's challenge - 1008 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: 22
- Position: #185 / 275
- Number of attempts: 4
Create a table - 332 entries
Convert the given input into a formatted table
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #86 / 105
- Number of attempts: 3
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 873 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: 16
- Position: #201 / 294
- Number of attempts: 2
ninja substitution - 1420 entries
How can you reuse a previous substitution ?
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #146 / 267
- Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2427 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 29
- Position: #359 / 450
- Number of attempts: 4
Collect List - 4308 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #578 / 1192
- Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #3240 / 4194
- Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #2235 / 3695
- Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12969 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #1616 / 3970
- Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13092 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #1624 / 3765
- Number of attempts: 2
