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Played Challenges

Modernise code - 1434 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #134 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 2
HS Final exam vimgolf - 933 entries

Change the initial file to a single line containing all names comma-separated with numbers inside parentheses.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #144 / 244
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33958 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: 28
  • Position: #4464 / 7498
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1521 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values inside brackets - 2545 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #350 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4848 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #676 / 1907
  • Number of attempts: 6
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2927 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #540 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1049 / 3091
  • Number of attempts: 6
Bad Copy Syntax - 2078 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #290 / 540
  • Number of attempts: 7
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3643 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #281 / 1181
  • Number of attempts: 5
Com(m)a Trouble - 3987 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #506 / 907
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2909 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #511 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2933 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7995 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1402 / 2151
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2246 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: #183 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete to the end of the current line - 865 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #173 / 415
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3558 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10743 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2418 / 3710
  • Number of attempts: 6
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: 21
  • Position: #3026 / 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: 43
  • Position: #1108 / 1865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Lorenzo Bertolino
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Student at Polito, D&D player, IT assistant at JEToP and techno music lover. Also, infosec nerd

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