Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Make HTML List - 1071 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #176 / 275
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1124 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 1
Counting in binary - 526 entries

"a" represents 0; "A" represents 1. Start from zero and count to 15.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #108 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 1
Letter case trickery - 1650 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: 11
  • Position: #208 / 521
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13024 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3029 / 3983
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1071 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: #344 / 674
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13468 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #3659 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7564 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #1324 / 1865
  • Number of attempts: 1
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