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2 quick changes and a numbered list - 459 entries

The ascii will not be lost, but rather numbered in 4 digit blocks with leading zeros.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #38 / 109
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fix the shell script! - 1731 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #288 / 420
  • Number of attempts: 2
Wikitext headings to markdown - 781 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 70
  • Position: #156 / 172
  • Number of attempts: 1
hello-world-vimgolf - 1986 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #531 / 565
  • Number of attempts: 1
Contribute to keyboard mashing - 748 entries

Speak in tongues

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #223 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 2
Lowercase first characters - 421 entries

This is the (abridged) input for Day 3 in Advent of Code 2019. The output is a format more suitable for Prolog programming: the two lines of input become two lists of pairs, joined together in a wires functor.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #24 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 8
simple replacements - 1264 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #61 / 283
  • Number of attempts: 12
RUST Cargo.toml version to last - 284 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #45 / 81
  • Number of attempts: 2
C to python code snippet - 70 entries

C code can be easily translated into Python code. However, the difference in syntax can make this process tedious and time-consuming. Can Vim help you here?

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 79
  • Position: #17 / 24
  • Number of attempts: 3
Bad Copy Syntax - 1952 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #31 / 502
  • Number of attempts: 7
Pascal's Triangle - 34 entries

Generate the first 17 left-justified rows of Pascal's triangle.

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #11 / 15
  • Number of attempts: 3
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