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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Many duplicates - 1446 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #205 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 9
delete swap - 1786 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #202 / 555
  • Number of attempts: 7
hello-world-vimgolf - 2499 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #627 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5002 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #711 / 1629
  • Number of attempts: 4
Letter case trickery - 1630 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #39 / 518
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 12957 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2758 / 3967
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #108 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 10
switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #661 / 1749
  • Number of attempts: 8
The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #308 / 363
  • Number of attempts: 2
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1009 entries

convert an ugly spreadsheet copy/paste into a CSV format.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #54 / 193
  • Number of attempts: 22
Hatsuyume - 540 entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #165 / 187
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 776 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #148 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 4
Leonard Bereska
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