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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18834 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2706 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 2
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 851 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #285 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11551 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2628 / 4233
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change the content of a string - 1736 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #606 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and add attributes - 1552 entries

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

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #257 / 599
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add fold markers to a .c file - 689 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #170 / 196
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1690 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: 21
  • Position: #259 / 444
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3917 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #253 / 837
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flodder-challenge - 1432 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #325 / 365
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13343 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1979 / 3830
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7478 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #1426 / 1840
  • Number of attempts: 1
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