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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33722 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: #2828 / 7442
Number of attempts: 7

One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #1571 / 3870
Number of attempts: 5

V to the i - 4813 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #1557 / 1897
Number of attempts: 1

Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 18
Position: #290 / 635
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #876 / 1630
Number of attempts: 6

That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 13
Position: #499 / 701
Number of attempts: 1

Just the middle - 11482 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1578 / 4208
Number of attempts: 4

Make HTML List - 1061 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 47
Position: #148 / 274
Number of attempts: 2

Interweave two blocks of text - 661 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: #143 / 215
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 26
Position: #1168 / 1268
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 18
Position: #1730 / 2138
Number of attempts: 1

C Reformatting - 690 entries

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

Best score: 30
Best player score: 59
Position: #117 / 163
Number of attempts: 1

Mirror Symmetry - 822 entries

Add backslashes.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 12
Position: #133 / 269
Number of attempts: 2

Simple format (2) - 335 entries

try again!

Best score: 23
Best player score: 37
Position: #56 / 70
Number of attempts: 1

Merge blank lines and properly capitalize - 82 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: #24 / 24
Number of attempts: 1

Fix the XML - 1039 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 29
Position: #237 / 290
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 427 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #159 / 206
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 16
Position: #2419 / 4188
Number of attempts: 1

Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #210 / 271
Number of attempts: 2

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1158 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 18
Position: #140 / 300
Number of attempts: 3

Don't know what this is - 2024 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: #477 / 586
Number of attempts: 1

Mess in revision history - 1184 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 27
Position: #164 / 250
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #571 / 3689
Number of attempts: 3

Letter case trickery - 1630 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: #437 / 518
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 19
Position: #3077 / 3969
Number of attempts: 1

Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 104 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: #26 / 46
Number of attempts: 1

abcd > a b c d - 297 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #78 / 226
Number of attempts: 1

Extract text from xml - 127 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 38
Position: #24 / 46
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 16
Position: #1579 / 1749
Number of attempts: 1

remove dupes from array - 1358 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: #158 / 336
Number of attempts: 2

expand a list comprehension (python) - 334 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: #53 / 110
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat long lines - 361 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: #96 / 135
Number of attempts: 3

Generate English Alphabets - 487 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 25
Position: #93 / 206
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1935 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 21
Position: #358 / 654
Number of attempts: 1

Solve the Sokoban - 177 entries

A wink for all Vimgolfers that play Nethack too.

Best score: 25
Best player score: 31
Position: #45 / 74
Number of attempts: 1

The holy-grail may help - 372 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #173 / 211
Number of attempts: 1

A Simple One - 1057 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 / 667
Number of attempts: 1

Reverse Simple Deletion - 854 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #178 / 460
Number of attempts: 1

Remove Accent off the Letter - 137 entries

Remove all the accent from extremely accented statements.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 67
Position: #35 / 52
Number of attempts: 1

Flodder-challenge - 1323 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Best score: 27
Best player score: 36
Position: #177 / 344
Number of attempts: 1

Simple text editing with Vim - 12971 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 23
Position: #3018 / 3733
Number of attempts: 2

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