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

Played Challenges

Many duplicates - 1350 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #96 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 9
delete swap - 1650 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #75 / 514
  • Number of attempts: 6
Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1231 entries

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

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 356
  • Position: #258 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 1
hello-world-vimgolf - 2472 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #392 / 699
  • Number of attempts: 5
Migrated to Postgres! - 324 entries

Celebration completion of this project. https://github.com/igrigorik/vimgolf/pull/322

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #94 / 126
  • Number of attempts: 11
swap number pairs - 2023 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #130 / 373
  • Number of attempts: 10
Python: Def to Lambda - 441 entries

LAMBDA!!!

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #70 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 7
Rural Post - 4427 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #183 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values - 4554 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #352 / 1259
  • Number of attempts: 12
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 194 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #58 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10831 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1756 / 3055
  • Number of attempts: 7
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge3 - 37 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 4
  • Position: #24 / 34
  • Number of attempts: 2
Order and join - 965 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #256 / 258
  • Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge4 - 90 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #42 / 63
  • Number of attempts: 2
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge5 - 139 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #40 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 3
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge6 - 61 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 3
  • Best player score: 3
  • Position: #38 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 5
Gray area - 745 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #126 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 5
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge1 - 50 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #25 / 44
  • Number of attempts: 2
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