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Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1574 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #239 / 523
  • Number of attempts: 3
Wikitext headings to markdown - 980 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #124 / 203
  • Number of attempts: 2
hello-world-vimgolf - 2346 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #437 / 663
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fill in the chess board - 905 entries

Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #97 / 175
  • Number of attempts: 1
Lowercase first characters - 467 entries

This is the (abridged) input for Day 3 in Advent of Code 2019. The output is a format more suitable for Prolog programming: the two lines of input become two lists of pairs, joined together in a wires functor.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #86 / 175
  • Number of attempts: 1
Making 3 line function a one liner. - 305 entries

Simple challenge for frequent action while programming.

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 4
  • Position: #71 / 194
  • Number of attempts: 3
Put a cross in the square - 203 entries

Put a cross in the square

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #64 / 84
  • 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: 34
  • Position: #70 / 91
  • Number of attempts: 2
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