VimGolfPlayed Challenges
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: 29
- Position: #4900 / 7490
- Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18840 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #1899 / 3893
- Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4833 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #1727 / 1904
- Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2920 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #690 / 864
- Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10923 entries
Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 27
- Position: #2952 / 3087
- Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7987 entries
Create a box around a line.
- Best score: 21
- Best player score: 35
- Position: #1628 / 1895
- Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1536 entries
This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?
- Best score: 17
- Best player score: 22
- Position: #405 / 466
- Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1151 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: #274 / 328
- Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries
Renumbering Basic.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #1164 / 1274
- Number of attempts: 4
Adam's challenge - 1010 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
- Best score: 18
- Best player score: 26
- Position: #251 / 277
- Number of attempts: 2
Reorder the groups - 1195 entries
Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 30
- Position: #246 / 267
- Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4317 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #741 / 1194
- Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #2316 / 4208
- Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10721 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #2397 / 3704
- Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2192 entries
How to switch two arguments of a function.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #626 / 677
- Number of attempts: 2
Case preserving word replacement - 463 entries
Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 33
- Position: #176 / 182
- Number of attempts: 1
Reformat some Python - 635 entries
Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.
- Best score: 34
- Best player score: 44
- Position: #143 / 242
- Number of attempts: 1
