Played Challenges
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33483 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: 22
- Position: #1657 / 7384
- Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4554 entries
Well, swap the values...
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #474 / 1259
- Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18673 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #929 / 3852
- Number of attempts: 15
Split line with dots - 2131 entries
This line is too long, split it.
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 22
- Position: #459 / 633
- Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3556 entries
easy stuff
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #571 / 1151
- Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2902 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #30 / 702
- Number of attempts: 6
Copy three lines - 2869 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #117 / 639
- Number of attempts: 10
Extract argument from function - 2337 entries
The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #366 / 750
- Number of attempts: 5
Search and Replace 0 - 4851 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #558 / 1604
- Number of attempts: 2
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 539 entries
Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/
- Best score: 30
- Best player score: 35
- Position: #63 / 128
- Number of attempts: 7
That hyphen - 2572 entries
"vim vi improved"
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #255 / 698
- Number of attempts: 7
comment and uncomment code inline - 1074 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: 12
- Position: #259 / 316
- Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11380 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 8
- Position: #2797 / 4174
- Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1812 entries
The team names are misspelled.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #211 / 585
- Number of attempts: 5
Vice versa - 7865 entries
Little role switching.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #441 / 2114
- Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2174 entries
Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #434 / 664
- Number of attempts: 2
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 648 entries
Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #22 / 205
- Number of attempts: 9
Delete to the end of the current line - 795 entries
Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.
- Best score: 5
- Best player score: 5
- Position: #89 / 387
- Number of attempts: 4
move titles next to url, in quotes - 510 entries
had trouble with something similar
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #43 / 137
- Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15946 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #1822 / 4166
- Number of attempts: 6
-a-b-c- - 3183 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #379 / 1132
- Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12868 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #1706 / 3950
- Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12491 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #1717 / 3626
- Number of attempts: 5