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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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: 31
Position: #5559 / 7364
Number of attempts: 2

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #1150 / 1257
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 40
Position: #3773 / 3842
Number of attempts: 2

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #1701 / 1879
Number of attempts: 3

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #650 / 840
Number of attempts: 3

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 17
Position: #2537 / 3044
Number of attempts: 1

Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 33
Position: #743 / 827
Number of attempts: 2

multiple cursor alternative - 1474 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: 41
Position: #359 / 376
Number of attempts: 1

Every other line - 2886 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 21
Position: #633 / 700
Number of attempts: 1

Copy three lines - 2840 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 26
Position: #569 / 635
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 4792 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1194 / 1585
Number of attempts: 2

Number Sort - 305 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: 12
Position: #159 / 163
Number of attempts: 2

comment and uncomment code inline - 1069 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: 27
Position: #310 / 314
Number of attempts: 2

Flip the bit - 120 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 11
Position: #69 / 71
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 11
Position: #3918 / 4164
Number of attempts: 3

Make HTML List - 1039 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 62
Position: #259 / 271
Number of attempts: 1

Un"finnish"ed Work - 107 entries

Replace å by a, ä by a and ö by o.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #47 / 56
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 21
Position: #922 / 1258
Number of attempts: 1

Add to end of each line... kinda - 325 entries

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #166 / 171
Number of attempts: 3

Fun With The Diagonal - 103 entries

change the lowercase characters on the main diagonal to uppercase

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #58 / 79
Number of attempts: 1

Free hyphen! - 159 entries

Just like "Inner hyphens", but I'm giving you a free hyphen to play with. Will your solution be any different?

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #19 / 85
Number of attempts: 2

Order and join - 956 entries

There's something special about the input order.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 15
Position: #219 / 255
Number of attempts: 1

comments galore - 998 entries

Basic comment reformatting

Best score: 10
Best player score: 21
Position: #405 / 418
Number of attempts: 1

convert yml into java pojo field - 829 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

Best score: 29
Best player score: 41
Position: #213 / 223
Number of attempts: 1

Mirror Symmetry - 798 entries

Add backslashes.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 14
Position: #246 / 266
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4264 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #1065 / 1186
Number of attempts: 4

VimGolfNight - 536 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 27
Position: #336 / 343
Number of attempts: 2

Not enough Ps - 66 entries

Different type of code

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #34 / 35
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 23
Position: #3872 / 4161
Number of attempts: 1

learn vim in short time - 232 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #105 / 158
Number of attempts: 2

vim1001 - 275 entries

change number 1001 into a "vim1001 sequence". (My first challenge, hope it is not too bad... )

Best score: 17
Best player score: 32
Position: #97 / 107
Number of attempts: 2

-a-b-c- - 3176 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #844 / 1129
Number of attempts: 1

Change name of a variable - 169 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #107 / 132
Number of attempts: 2

Where should I put the Newline? - 863 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #389 / 431
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10628 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #2817 / 3667
Number of attempts: 1

Letter case trickery - 1594 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: 17
Position: #471 / 511
Number of attempts: 1

quotes inside quotes - 3125 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #914 / 1072
Number of attempts: 1

abcd > a b c d - 280 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #170 / 218
Number of attempts: 1

lamb had a little Mary - 586 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 42
Position: #140 / 163
Number of attempts: 2

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1581 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 14
Position: #373 / 439
Number of attempts: 2

Vertical Limit - 2448 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Best score: 21
Best player score: 27
Position: #541 / 738
Number of attempts: 2

replacing each line of a block selection - 2947 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Best score: 18
Best player score: 30
Position: #655 / 768
Number of attempts: 2

Append semicolon after expressions - 1005 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 24
Position: #400 / 403
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse and double space - 489 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 35
Position: #191 / 194
Number of attempts: 1

Remove semicolons after expressions - 628 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 10
Position: #246 / 258
Number of attempts: 2

The meaning - 558 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #280 / 356
Number of attempts: 1

Replacing some words - 419 entries

How fast could it be?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 40
Position: #136 / 148
Number of attempts: 1

Make it more readable - 1952 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 18
Position: #532 / 640
Number of attempts: 2

The holy-grail may help - 345 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #180 / 205
Number of attempts: 3

Shebangs for all - 1912 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 26
Position: #479 / 500
Number of attempts: 2

A Simple One - 1001 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #477 / 643
Number of attempts: 1

82 bottles of beer on the wall - 303 entries

Take them down. (sorry, only 82 bottles because the problem size is limited!)

Best score: 106
Best player score: 174
Position: #128 / 141
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse Simple Deletion - 832 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #434 / 454
Number of attempts: 1

Increment, increment, increment.... - 662 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 12
Position: #342 / 401
Number of attempts: 2

Indentation - 497 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 42
Position: #151 / 168
Number of attempts: 1

Context insensitive completion 0 - 507 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 9
Position: #194 / 232
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 12290 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 29
Position: #3264 / 3581
Number of attempts: 1

Brent Woo
Twitter: @BrentPWoo

Linguistics PhD student at UW: idioms, coordination, experimental syntax, Slavic. he/him