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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Numbering a List - 1939 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #373 / 655
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort and add attributes - 1501 entries

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

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #331 / 582
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add fold markers to a .c file - 664 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #157 / 191
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1649 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: 21
  • Position: #191 / 434
  • Number of attempts: 1
Braces or Brackets? - 1073 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #249 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3793 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #513 / 814
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flodder-challenge - 1369 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #239 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13101 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2189 / 3768
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7230 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #608 / 1779
  • Number of attempts: 3
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