Played Challenges
Modernise code - 1368 entries
Modernise and clean up some C++ code.
- Best score: 34
- Best player score: 44
- Position: #160 / 316
- Number of attempts: 2
swap number pairs - 2023 entries
Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #180 / 373
- Number of attempts: 7
Rural Post - 4427 entries
Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #600 / 1086
- Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33483 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 / 7384
- Number of attempts: 12
Swap values - 4554 entries
Well, swap the values...
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #1105 / 1259
- Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6254 entries
Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #977 / 1530
- Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18673 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #1732 / 3852
- Number of attempts: 6
Swap values inside brackets - 2477 entries
Easy challenge.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #467 / 573
- Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10831 entries
Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #2057 / 3055
- Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2131 entries
This line is too long, split it.
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #487 / 633
- Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1488 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: #117 / 378
- Number of attempts: 4
From argument to object - 1481 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: #367 / 453
- Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2902 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #485 / 702
- Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1074 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: #243 / 316
- Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11380 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 8
- Position: #2507 / 4174
- Number of attempts: 2
Todo list specification - 389 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: #133 / 178
- Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5605 entries
Renumbering Basic.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #680 / 1260
- Number of attempts: 1
Interactive git rebase changing commands - 163 entries
How to change the action of some commits in git rebase dialog.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #28 / 78
- Number of attempts: 4
Adam's challenge - 958 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: #179 / 267
- 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 - 841 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: #199 / 288
- Number of attempts: 2
ninja substitution - 1399 entries
How can you reuse a previous substitution ?
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #146 / 265
- Number of attempts: 3
Array transposition - 2407 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 29
- Position: #357 / 445
- Number of attempts: 4
Collect List - 4267 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #576 / 1188
- Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15946 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #3220 / 4166
- Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #2225 / 3677
- Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12868 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #1605 / 3950
- Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 12491 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #1593 / 3626
- Number of attempts: 2