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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Innocent Monster - 217 entries

You have the tools, just create him!

  • Best score: 60
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #12 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 4
hello-world-vimgolf - 2513 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #375 / 717
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #685 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 3
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1007 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: 43
  • Position: #192 / 384
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1711 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #454 / 629
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort and add attributes - 1539 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #235 / 594
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1677 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #325 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 6
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3864 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #230 / 830
  • Number of attempts: 7
Flodder-challenge - 1407 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #216 / 359
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13273 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1933 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7415 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #589 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 4
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