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Paste a column after a column - 2262 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #235 / 491
Number of attempts: 1

Filter number combinations that don't add to 11 - 376 entries

Append the sum of each line to its end, alongside an equals sign, and remove any that do not sum to 11. The ordering of lines should stay the same. Note that the combinations are semi-arbitrary and not all 4-number combinations are present in the file.

Best score: 27
Best player score: 29
Position: #75 / 110
Number of attempts: 1

Substraction (bis) - 578 entries

Solve the equations (adapted from the original @Caek_'s challenge).

Best score: 21
Best player score: 28
Position: #46 / 107
Number of attempts: 1

Poorly indented Python comments - 1173 entries

Fix the alignment of some Python comments as quickly as possible.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #2 / 204
Number of attempts: 5

Many duplicates - 1253 entries

Quick and easy

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #39 / 412
Number of attempts: 6

2 quick changes and a numbered list - 599 entries

The ascii will not be lost, but rather numbered in 4 digit blocks with leading zeros.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 59
Position: #100 / 145
Number of attempts: 1

delete swap - 1526 entries

delete all swap

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #22 / 479
Number of attempts: 5

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1178 entries

Original by @BiddulphCaleb (http://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/6019f1c4642668000cee11e8) - had some extra spaces in output file.

Best score: 29
Best player score: 37
Position: #86 / 247
Number of attempts: 4

Fix the shell script! - 2344 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

Best score: 26
Best player score: 36
Position: #328 / 542
Number of attempts: 2

Visual block training - 1001 entries

You see the input. You see the output. Go.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 18
Position: #22 / 183
Number of attempts: 16

Wikitext headings to markdown - 980 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 25
Position: #108 / 203
Number of attempts: 3

Create a diamond comment - 314 entries

Encapsulate the text in a diamond pattern.

Best score: 27
Best player score: 27
Position: #8 / 72
Number of attempts: 5

Making 3 line function a one liner. - 305 entries

Simple challenge for frequent action while programming.

Best score: 4
Best player score: 4
Position: #92 / 194
Number of attempts: 1

Add quotes to ansible playbook - 930 entries

You created an ansible playbook, but forgot to add quotes. Can you fix it?

Best score: 8
Best player score: 9
Position: #94 / 296
Number of attempts: 3

Multiline to Single Line - 668 entries

Convert a multiline, indented file to a single line with no whitespace

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #21 / 292
Number of attempts: 1

xrandr outputs and dashes - 652 entries

uh oh, different video drivers identify display outputs with more dashes. Quick, need to change this xrandr script!

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #8 / 213
Number of attempts: 1

From a Thunderlink to a Markdown link - 747 entries

ThunderLinks are durable hyperlinks to specific email messages generated from Thunderbird in HTML format. Leverage the power of vim to make them suitable for a markdown-formatted file.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 35
Position: #151 / 166
Number of attempts: 1

Capitalize the Names - 361 entries

I want to capitalize the names in quotes, but just the people's names, not the file names.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #16 / 91
Number of attempts: 5

Yo To Hello - 1115 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #82 / 518
Number of attempts: 2

Replace pattern with 1, 2, 3, ... on each line - 1098 entries

For each line replace a search pattern (in this case $) with numbers starting at 1 and then increasing by 1 for each replaced match. a$b$c$ -> a0b1c2

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #15 / 225
Number of attempts: 10

Hogwarts Email Sorting - 877 entries

Given a list of emails, get the students full name and their associated house.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #32 / 254
Number of attempts: 3

Get mail address from outlook format - 621 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #104 / 196
Number of attempts: 1

Add text at some column - 154 entries

Complete golang struct statement.

Best score: 31
Best player score: 32
Position: #28 / 60
Number of attempts: 3

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6208 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #67 / 1517
Number of attempts: 6

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #622 / 3842
Number of attempts: 1

Quote modules - 1054 entries

Complete golang import statement.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 22
Position: #53 / 274
Number of attempts: 7

Aliases for cd - 849 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

Best score: 30
Best player score: 46
Position: #79 / 150
Number of attempts: 2

Unsemantic linewrapping - 890 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: 10
Position: #137 / 224
Number of attempts: 5

Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #454 / 3044
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2001 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #191 / 516
Number of attempts: 5

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #370 / 1144
Number of attempts: 3

Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #114 / 827
Number of attempts: 7

Box it - 7828 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #302 / 1865
Number of attempts: 6

Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1352 / 4164
Number of attempts: 2

One to Ten - 2165 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: #261 / 662
Number of attempts: 8

Increment each number - 977 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #50 / 242
Number of attempts: 9

Delete to the end of the current line - 791 entries

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

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #231 / 385
Number of attempts: 2

Reorder the groups - 1137 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #73 / 259
Number of attempts: 5

I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #996 / 4161
Number of attempts: 6

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10624 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1521 / 3666
Number of attempts: 3

Alphabet soup - 419 entries

Create a column of all alphabet characters organized in a funky way

Best score: 25
Best player score: 27
Position: #56 / 103
Number of attempts: 2

Simple text editing with Vim - 12290 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #618 / 3581
Number of attempts: 4