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

Played Challenges

Populate 3D bone names list - 656 entries

Ran into this at work, excited to see how this gets optimized

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #79 / 169
  • Number of attempts: 1
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 582 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #130 / 328
  • Number of attempts: 1
Many duplicates - 1488 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #28 / 484
  • Number of attempts: 4
Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1295 entries

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

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #52 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 5
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1688 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #439 / 567
  • Number of attempts: 1
RUST Cargo.toml version to last - 399 entries

RUST Cargo.toml version to last. rusty practice on vimgolf

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #76 / 106
  • Number of attempts: 4
HS Final exam vimgolf - 936 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #152 / 245
  • Number of attempts: 2
Python: Def to Lambda - 492 entries

LAMBDA!!!

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #135 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1008 / 1562
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1052 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #279 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 1

Contributed Challenges

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1295 entries

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

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contributed 1 challenges