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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: 23
Position: #2648 / 7513
Number of attempts: 5

Swap values - 4705 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #620 / 1293
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 20
Position: #2209 / 3904
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4883 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #573 / 1914
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2951 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #350 / 712
Number of attempts: 3

Extract argument from function - 2427 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #368 / 772
Number of attempts: 4

Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #898 / 1674
Number of attempts: 3

Number Sort - 328 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: #51 / 173
Number of attempts: 1

comment and uncomment code inline - 1182 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: #96 / 332
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2690 / 4255
Number of attempts: 3

Todo list specification - 420 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: #150 / 187
Number of attempts: 1

For all cases. - 180 entries

In this case... change it! :) Watch the line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #59 / 111
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5736 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #122 / 1280
Number of attempts: 1

Adam's challenge - 1042 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: #196 / 281
Number of attempts: 1

Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 886 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: #115 / 297
Number of attempts: 3

Nesting SASS - 302 entries

Move a block inside another block and indent it

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #38 / 102
Number of attempts: 2

Combines all items - 322 entries

For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #66 / 143
Number of attempts: 2

Pretty multi-line bash - 256 entries

Bash line continuations are much prettier when they're column aligned.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 24
Position: #55 / 80
Number of attempts: 1

7th Birthday - 237 entries

We have a bunch of numbers written from 0 to 9 in the order present in the text input file. The task is to create 7 by replacing the numbers with dashes.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #38 / 80
Number of attempts: 3

Order and join - 1032 entries

There's something special about the input order.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 13
Position: #194 / 265
Number of attempts: 1

Angular naming conventions - 359 entries

In angular, a directive name follows the camelCase convention. When the directive is used in an HTML template, the words are instead separated by a dash. Go from to the other the fastest!

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #79 / 124
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4341 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #376 / 1200
Number of attempts: 4

VimGolfNight - 602 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #259 / 356
Number of attempts: 1

Condensed Cases - 827 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: 16
Position: #194 / 254
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 439 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #133 / 211
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16237 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #3322 / 4224
Number of attempts: 1

-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #372 / 1146
Number of attempts: 4

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1207 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #94 / 309
Number of attempts: 4

Where should I put the Newline? - 911 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #395 / 450
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2337 / 3716
Number of attempts: 3

Letter case trickery - 1686 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: 10
Position: #162 / 525
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 13053 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 19
Position: #3162 / 3991
Number of attempts: 1

Prefixes and suffixes - 668 entries

Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 23
Position: #65 / 207
Number of attempts: 5

The name of the game - 696 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #324 / 369
Number of attempts: 2

Switch function arguments - 2229 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #310 / 684
Number of attempts: 1

Remove noise from HTTP log - 758 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #120 / 281
Number of attempts: 3

switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #949 / 1764
Number of attempts: 3

The meaning - 588 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #279 / 368
Number of attempts: 1

imports alignment (python) - 721 entries

Align as one import per line.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 24
Position: #127 / 202
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1969 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #32 / 661
Number of attempts: 1

Sort and add attributes - 1591 entries

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

Best score: 33
Best player score: 37
Position: #498 / 615
Number of attempts: 1