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Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1523 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

Best score: 47
Best player score: 56
Position: #76 / 404
Number of attempts: 4

Rural Post - 4427 entries

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

Best score: 9
Best player score: 11
Position: #498 / 1086
Number of attempts: 2

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: #1227 / 7384
Number of attempts: 15

Swap values - 4554 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #196 / 1259
Number of attempts: 7

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: 11
Position: #648 / 1530
Number of attempts: 8

One number per line - 18673 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #869 / 3852
Number of attempts: 11

V to the i - 4771 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #527 / 1887
Number of attempts: 5

Add semicolons - 10831 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1625 / 3055
Number of attempts: 3

Split line with dots - 2131 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #431 / 633
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3556 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #119 / 1151
Number of attempts: 2

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: 18
Position: #225 / 453
Number of attempts: 2

Copy three lines - 2869 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #321 / 639
Number of attempts: 1

Array propagate - 332 entries

Complete the array with the keys as part of the value

Best score: 23
Best player score: 25
Position: #49 / 117
Number of attempts: 2

Number Sort - 307 entries

sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #18 / 165
Number of attempts: 3

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: 9
Position: #73 / 316
Number of attempts: 6

Flip the bit - 126 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 10
Position: #48 / 73
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11380 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2559 / 4174
Number of attempts: 3

Team names - 1812 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 19
Position: #407 / 585
Number of attempts: 1

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: #139 / 178
Number of attempts: 1

Back to the roots - 54 entries

Johnny has a file with more integers. He wants to change each number with its square root. Can you help him?

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #9 / 37
Number of attempts: 1

Missing Library and a Typo - 860 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #63 / 211
Number of attempts: 4

Basic renumbering - 5605 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 18
Position: #685 / 1260
Number of attempts: 2

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: 18
Position: #51 / 267
Number of attempts: 5

sort python functions and methods alphabetically - 23 entries

* sort functions in the python file alphabetically * sort functions within a Class alphabetically * sort Classes alphabetically

Best score: 20
Best player score: 24
Position: #10 / 14
Number of attempts: 2

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: 13
Position: #96 / 288
Number of attempts: 4

One to Ten - 2174 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: #51 / 664
Number of attempts: 3

Increment each number - 995 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #154 / 245
Number of attempts: 5

Array transposition - 2407 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #89 / 445
Number of attempts: 10

Collect List - 4267 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #338 / 1188
Number of attempts: 8

Condensed Cases - 794 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #171 / 244
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 15946 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 19
Position: #3474 / 4166
Number of attempts: 2

-a-b-c- - 3183 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #669 / 1132
Number of attempts: 2

Gray area - 745 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #180 / 270
Number of attempts: 3

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1136 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 32
Position: #280 / 298
Number of attempts: 1

Split the words - 357 entries

Add the spaces manually if you must, but if you use Vim's spell checking feature wisely, I think you'll save a LARGE number of strokes.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #35 / 109
Number of attempts: 3

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2251 / 3677
Number of attempts: 6

Letter case trickery - 1598 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 11
Position: #284 / 514
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12868 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #1621 / 3950
Number of attempts: 3

switch variable - 5045 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #926 / 1742
Number of attempts: 1

Make it more readable - 1955 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #299 / 643
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: #1611 / 3626
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6749 entries

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

Best score: 31
Best player score: 36
Position: #464 / 1652
Number of attempts: 2