Played Challenges
Reformat symbols in list - 1037 entries
Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code
- Best score: 24
- Best player score: 27
- Position: #81 / 236
- Number of attempts: 2
delete swap - 1098 entries
delete all swap
- Best score: 5
- Best player score: 5
- Position: #113 / 357
- Number of attempts: 1
Fix the shell script! - 1731 entries
Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!
- Best score: 26
- Best player score: 33
- Position: #210 / 420
- Number of attempts: 1
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1356 entries
Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #312 / 460
- Number of attempts: 1
Wikitext headings to markdown - 781 entries
Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.
- Best score: 20
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #26 / 172
- Number of attempts: 4
hello-world-vimgolf - 1986 entries
Simple number generation
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #210 / 565
- Number of attempts: 2
Contribute to keyboard mashing - 748 entries
Speak in tongues
- Best score: 17
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #164 / 231
- Number of attempts: 2
Fill in the chess board - 738 entries
Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #49 / 156
- Number of attempts: 1
simple replacements - 1264 entries
The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #64 / 283
- Number of attempts: 5
Inverting Lines - 1565 entries
A simple challenge to invert all lines, except the first.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #278 / 424
- Number of attempts: 2
Python dataclasses - 798 entries
Simple challenge to extract fields from a Python class
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 27
- Position: #114 / 205
- Number of attempts: 2
Making 3 line function a one liner. - 237 entries
Simple challenge for frequent action while programming.
- Best score: 4
- Best player score: 4
- Position: #103 / 157
- Number of attempts: 1
HS Final exam vimgolf - 815 entries
Change the initial file to a single line containing all names comma-separated with numbers inside parentheses.
- Best score: 21
- Best player score: 24
- Position: #99 / 215
- Number of attempts: 1
Python: Def to Lambda - 410 entries
LAMBDA!!!
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 22
- Position: #110 / 142
- Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4257 entries
Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #439 / 1045
- Number of attempts: 3
Satisfy the go linter - 2076 entries
You just came up with this briliant go vars package. But dang, you forgot to add comments to the exported variables. Can you add a comment over each variable with a TODO-placeholder?
- Best score: 20
- Best player score: 28
- Position: #311 / 422
- Number of attempts: 1
xrandr outputs and dashes - 624 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: #131 / 205
- Number of attempts: 3
Yo To Hello - 1082 entries
Simply Turn Yo To Hello
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #370 / 498
- Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33142 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: #2362 / 7309
- Number of attempts: 3
Hogwarts Email Sorting - 850 entries
Given a list of emails, get the students full name and their associated house.
- Best score: 20
- Best player score: 22
- Position: #163 / 247
- Number of attempts: 1
Get mail address from outlook format - 604 entries
Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #118 / 190
- Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4500 entries
Well, swap the values...
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #961 / 1247
- Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6120 entries
Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #877 / 1493
- Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_part1 - 35 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition
- Best score: 52
- Best player score: 58
- Position: #9 / 13
- Number of attempts: 2
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 185 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.
- Best score: 6
- Best player score: 6
- Position: #60 / 95
- Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2442 entries
Easy challenge.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #308 / 565
- Number of attempts: 4
Unsemantic linewrapping - 861 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: 15
- Position: #198 / 218
- Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2793 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #259 / 827
- Number of attempts: 5
Add string initializers to an enum - 836 entries
Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.
- Best score: 21
- Best player score: 27
- Position: #188 / 246
- Number of attempts: 1
Swap the operands under comparison - 266 entries
Swap the operands under comparison to prevent null pointer exception (at least in java)
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #56 / 96
- Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10720 entries
Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 11
- Position: #1747 / 3023
- Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3483 entries
easy stuff
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #486 / 1128
- Number of attempts: 4
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge3 - 32 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.
- Best score: 4
- Best player score: 4
- Position: #26 / 29
- Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1453 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: 22
- Position: #233 / 372
- Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1441 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: 20
- Position: #334 / 441
- Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2824 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #420 / 630
- Number of attempts: 3
Array propagate - 318 entries
Complete the array with the keys as part of the value
- Best score: 23
- Best player score: 27
- Position: #60 / 114
- Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4753 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #702 / 1575
- Number of attempts: 1
Number Sort - 299 entries
sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #130 / 159
- Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1037 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: 10
- Position: #205 / 305
- Number of attempts: 2
Make HTML List - 997 entries
Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.
- Best score: 33
- Best player score: 41
- Position: #105 / 265
- Number of attempts: 3
Todo list specification - 373 entries
The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.
- Best score: 37
- Best player score: 37
- Position: #94 / 170
- Number of attempts: 3
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 930 entries
A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.
- Best score: 39
- Best player score: 44
- Position: #245 / 361
- Number of attempts: 1
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 247 entries
Rules, ... and don't forget !
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 8
- Position: #122 / 132
- Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 838 entries
I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 22
- Position: #175 / 206
- Number of attempts: 2
Simple addition - 301 entries
The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #55 / 112
- Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 928 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: 21
- Position: #158 / 261
- Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 825 entries
Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #155 / 281
- Number of attempts: 3
Add to end of each line... kinda - 314 entries
Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #148 / 165
- Number of attempts: 1
Combines all items - 292 entries
For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 11
- Position: #128 / 132
- Number of attempts: 2
underscore_to_camelCase - 155 entries
Pointy haired boss decided we need to switch to camelCase. Let's get this over with.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #56 / 78
- Number of attempts: 1
7th Birthday - 185 entries
We have a bunch of numbers written from 0 to 9 in the order present in the text input file. The task is to create 7 by replacing the numbers with dashes.
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #43 / 72
- Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge4 - 83 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.
- Best score: 5
- Best player score: 5
- Position: #44 / 57
- Number of attempts: 1
Generate a list of numbers - 282 entries
Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #64 / 135
- Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2123 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: #346 / 650
- Number of attempts: 1
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 612 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: 15
- Position: #119 / 197
- Number of attempts: 2
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge5 - 129 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.
- Best score: 6
- Best player score: 6
- Position: #42 / 69
- Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge6 - 55 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.
- Best score: 3
- Best player score: 3
- Position: #40 / 44
- Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 723 entries
Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.
- Best score: 5
- Best player score: 5
- Position: #247 / 355
- Number of attempts: 2
change parenthesis - 267 entries
change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #86 / 151
- Number of attempts: 1
Label grid cells (6x6) - 34 entries
Label the cells of a grid with its coordinates. Rows are labelled top to bottom from A to F, and columns left to right from A to F. Each cell has a coordinate MN, where M is the row letter and N is the column letter.
- Best score: 31
- Best player score: 48
- Position: #10 / 15
- Number of attempts: 1
convert yml into java pojo field - 826 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: 31
- Position: #143 / 222
- Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4212 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #865 / 1176
- Number of attempts: 3
VimGolfNight - 520 entries
Based on "The name of the game".
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #282 / 338
- Number of attempts: 1
camel riding - 760 entries
add a prefix on some camelCase variables
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #191 / 271
- Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10566 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #2483 / 3647
- Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3089 entries
taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #352 / 1061
- Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12790 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #9 / 3932
- Number of attempts: 3
NATO phonetic alphabet - 492 entries
Transform the series of words into a list.
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #57 / 187
- Number of attempts: 3
A simple change - 433 entries
Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #126 / 186
- Number of attempts: 1
The name of the game - 638 entries
End up with the name of the game.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 11
- Position: #270 / 350
- Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1534 entries
Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.
- Best score: 8
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #405 / 432
- Number of attempts: 1
Stairs Indenting - 440 entries
Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #56 / 189
- Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1053 entries
Oops, I spelled that wrong.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 7
- Position: #132 / 431
- Number of attempts: 3
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge1 - 45 entries
For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition
- Best score: 5
- Best player score: 5
- Position: #30 / 39
- Number of attempts: 1
you're stuck on jQuery < 1.7 - 335 entries
replace calls to jQuery 1.7+'s `on` with calls to pre 1.7 `bind`
- Best score: 25
- Best player score: 28
- Position: #50 / 110
- Number of attempts: 2
Vertical Limit - 2389 entries
transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings
- Best score: 21
- Best player score: 28
- Position: #581 / 724
- Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2002 entries
How to switch two arguments of a function.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 11
- Position: #186 / 634
- Number of attempts: 4
Append semicolon after expressions - 975 entries
Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #251 / 394
- Number of attempts: 2
Reverse and double space - 471 entries
Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #171 / 190
- Number of attempts: 1
Remove semicolons after expressions - 584 entries
A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.
- Best score: 6
- Best player score: 6
- Position: #127 / 247
- Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 4997 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 11
- Position: #656 / 1724
- Number of attempts: 6
The meaning - 538 entries
Numbers are fun!
- Best score: 5
- Best player score: 5
- Position: #305 / 346
- Number of attempts: 2
Line Zipper - 449 entries
Zip/pair related lines.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #191 / 209
- Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 973 entries
Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #551 / 633
- Number of attempts: 1
Ruby 1.9 compat - 608 entries
Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #116 / 229
- Number of attempts: 1
Reverse Simple Deletion - 822 entries
You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #364 / 449
- Number of attempts: 2
Increment, increment, increment.... - 617 entries
Vim likes macros
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #53 / 390
- Number of attempts: 1
Hatsuyume - 442 entries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #21 / 173
- Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1260 entries
Correct the capitalization of each word
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #271 / 505
- Number of attempts: 2
Context insensitive completion 0 - 486 entries
Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.
- Best score: 6
- Best player score: 7
- Position: #115 / 228
- Number of attempts: 2
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 444 entries
Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.
- Best score: 18
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #153 / 228
- Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 996 entries
Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #257 / 335
- Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 696 entries
You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 24
- Position: #215 / 246
- Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1416 entries
This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.
- Best score: 22
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #288 / 540
- Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 11906 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #2684 / 3484
- Number of attempts: 2