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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Many duplicates - 1425 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #204 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 9
delete swap - 1758 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #202 / 544
  • Number of attempts: 7
hello-world-vimgolf - 2484 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #622 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4952 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #711 / 1615
  • Number of attempts: 4
Letter case trickery - 1619 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 / 515
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 12918 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2751 / 3957
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reverse and double space - 499 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #108 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 10
switch variable - 5061 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #661 / 1743
  • Number of attempts: 8
The meaning - 573 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #308 / 361
  • Number of attempts: 2
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 998 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #53 / 190
  • Number of attempts: 22
Hatsuyume - 495 entries

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

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #160 / 182
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 750 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: #144 / 261
  • Number of attempts: 4
Leonard Bereska
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