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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 27
Position: #4038 / 7517
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #560 / 3904
Number of attempts: 13

citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 209 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #32 / 108
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values inside brackets - 2551 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 23
Position: #489 / 594
Number of attempts: 4

Unsemantic linewrapping - 964 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

Best score: 9
Best player score: 23
Position: #233 / 238
Number of attempts: 2

V to the i - 4885 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #684 / 1915
Number of attempts: 3

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2931 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #196 / 867
Number of attempts: 6

Add string initializers to an enum - 903 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #22 / 266
Number of attempts: 12

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1273 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

Best score: 19
Best player score: 19
Position: #16 / 266
Number of attempts: 11

Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #245 / 3098
Number of attempts: 4

Bad Copy Syntax - 2088 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #124 / 543
Number of attempts: 10

Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 22
Position: #470 / 639
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #298 / 1185
Number of attempts: 4

Com(m)a Trouble - 3993 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #66 / 910
Number of attempts: 10

Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #691 / 1901
Number of attempts: 4

multiple cursor alternative - 1592 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #177 / 388
Number of attempts: 6

Copy three lines - 2924 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #144 / 647
Number of attempts: 13

comment and uncomment code inline - 1182 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: 9
Position: #129 / 332
Number of attempts: 6

Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1293 / 4258
Number of attempts: 2

Learn some german verbs - 553 entries

The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 35
Position: #120 / 137
Number of attempts: 3

Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #301 / 1281
Number of attempts: 9

Vice versa - 8021 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #498 / 2158
Number of attempts: 6

Align commas - 1134 entries

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #106 / 250
Number of attempts: 13

One to Ten - 2258 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: 12
Position: #187 / 688
Number of attempts: 3

Line under headers - 2095 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 34
Position: #363 / 515
Number of attempts: 5

Build a six - 315 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

Best score: 22
Best player score: 23
Position: #80 / 102
Number of attempts: 6

Delete to the end of the current line - 882 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #180 / 418
Number of attempts: 3

Remove quotes after first field - 411 entries

Remove the quotes around each field except for the first field.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #20 / 96
Number of attempts: 7

Reorder the groups - 1201 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #51 / 270
Number of attempts: 18

move titles next to url, in quotes - 565 entries

had trouble with something similar

Best score: 19
Best player score: 21
Position: #64 / 149
Number of attempts: 9

convert yml into java pojo field - 879 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

Best score: 29
Best player score: 29
Position: #76 / 233
Number of attempts: 10

I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1204 / 4225
Number of attempts: 9

-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #723 / 1147
Number of attempts: 2

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1434 / 3717
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1044 / 3991
Number of attempts: 4

Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #601 / 3907
Number of attempts: 5