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Played Challenges

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1281 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: #18 / 275
  • Number of attempts: 5
Fix the shell script! - 2651 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #22 / 616
  • Number of attempts: 7
Visual block training - 1096 entries

You see the input. You see the output. Go.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #19 / 207
  • Number of attempts: 10
Innocent Monster - 217 entries

You have the tools, just create him!

  • Best score: 60
  • Best player score: 60
  • Position: #2 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 7
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1668 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #18 / 561
  • Number of attempts: 4
Java to JavaScript - 285 entries

Let convert some simple Java file to JavaScript!

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #6 / 76
  • Number of attempts: 10
Wikitext headings to markdown - 1014 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #22 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 8
hello-world-vimgolf - 2513 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #179 / 717
  • Number of attempts: 6
Contribute to keyboard mashing - 900 entries

Speak in tongues

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #32 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reordering Lorem Ipsum - 290 entries

Who even sorted this?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #13 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 10
Solve anagram with ASCII letters - 54 entries

ASCII created by TOIlet command

  • Best score: 46
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #6 / 18
  • Number of attempts: 6
vim = 22 / 7 - 475 entries

pi square vim

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #36 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 5
Array transposition - 2436 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #42 / 452
  • Number of attempts: 6
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