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Played Challenges

Generate an entry for each month - 364 entries

The input file contains a URI with a month in it. Generate the URIs for all the other months up to a couple of years

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #61 / 90
  • Number of attempts: 2
HS exam question - 1610 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 77
  • Position: #251 / 420
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat symbols in list - 1648 entries

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #316 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 4
Many duplicates - 1472 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #453 / 480
  • Number of attempts: 1
delete swap - 1834 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #132 / 570
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 46
  • Position: #163 / 277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Wikitext headings to markdown - 1029 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #102 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 5
Fill in the chess board - 979 entries

Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 103
  • Position: #168 / 186
  • Number of attempts: 2
Modernise code - 1434 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #264 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1069 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #668 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 3
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