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Played Challenges

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1294 entries

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

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #152 / 277
  • Number of attempts: 3
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1680 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #107 / 564
  • Number of attempts: 3
Switch function arguments - 2192 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #337 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat some Python - 635 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #100 / 242
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1750 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #213 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 4
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3949 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #389 / 841
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13427 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1988 / 3849
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7517 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #278 / 1851
  • Number of attempts: 8
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