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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: 24
Position: #2808 / 7364
Number of attempts: 7

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #1562 / 3842
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4751 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #1544 / 1879
Number of attempts: 1

Split line with dots - 2125 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 18
Position: #288 / 630
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 4792 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #847 / 1585
Number of attempts: 6

That hyphen - 2556 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 13
Position: #495 / 695
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1573 / 4164
Number of attempts: 4

Make HTML List - 1039 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 47
Position: #145 / 271
Number of attempts: 2

Interweave two blocks of text - 631 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

Best score: 15
Best player score: 18
Position: #140 / 211
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5587 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 26
Position: #1159 / 1258
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7803 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #1705 / 2100
Number of attempts: 1

C Reformatting - 688 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

Best score: 30
Best player score: 59
Position: #116 / 161
Number of attempts: 1

Mirror Symmetry - 798 entries

Add backslashes.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 12
Position: #130 / 266
Number of attempts: 2

Simple format (2) - 334 entries

try again!

Best score: 23
Best player score: 37
Position: #55 / 69
Number of attempts: 1

Merge blank lines and properly capitalize - 81 entries

Here you need complete 2 tasks: 1. Remove all unwanted continuous blank lines and leave only 1 blank line between paragraphs. 2. Properly capitalize the sentences.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 67
Position: #23 / 23
Number of attempts: 1

Fix the XML - 996 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 29
Position: #231 / 284
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 407 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #156 / 201
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 16
Position: #2404 / 4161
Number of attempts: 1

Gray area - 732 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #208 / 268
Number of attempts: 2

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1120 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 18
Position: #139 / 293
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 1978 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #472 / 578
Number of attempts: 1

Mess in revision history - 1161 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 27
Position: #161 / 247
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #571 / 3666
Number of attempts: 3

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: 14
Position: #430 / 511
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 19
Position: #3058 / 3946
Number of attempts: 1

Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 77 entries

Not as easy as the last challenge. This time, just one space between a and b, up to 25 spaces between y and z. (Removed some lines; diff was too long.)

Best score: 15
Best player score: 23
Position: #23 / 40
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: #78 / 218
Number of attempts: 1

Extract text from xml - 109 entries

Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.

Best score: 28
Best player score: 38
Position: #22 / 44
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #1570 / 1736
Number of attempts: 1

remove dupes from array - 1336 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

Best score: 17
Best player score: 22
Position: #154 / 331
Number of attempts: 2

expand a list comprehension (python) - 301 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

Best score: 42
Best player score: 53
Position: #51 / 106
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat long lines - 341 entries

Rearrange this ruby method call to put each parameter on its own line. Could become a useful macro.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #93 / 130
Number of attempts: 3

Generate English Alphabets - 473 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 25
Position: #93 / 202
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1859 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #347 / 639
Number of attempts: 1

Solve the Sokoban - 164 entries

A wink for all Vimgolfers that play Nethack too.

Best score: 25
Best player score: 31
Position: #43 / 72
Number of attempts: 1

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: #167 / 205
Number of attempts: 1

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: #165 / 643
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse Simple Deletion - 832 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #176 / 454
Number of attempts: 1

Remove Accent off the Letter - 106 entries

Remove all the accent from extremely accented statements.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 67
Position: #32 / 49
Number of attempts: 1

Flodder-challenge - 1117 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Best score: 27
Best player score: 36
Position: #161 / 311
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: 23
Position: #2897 / 3581
Number of attempts: 2

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