Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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

Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1596 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 76
  • Position: #245 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fizzbuzz - 586 entries

type the first 100 lines of the fizzbuzz problem

  • Best score: 44
  • Best player score: 94
  • Position: #125 / 169
  • Number of attempts: 1
hello-world-vimgolf - 2506 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #566 / 713
  • Number of attempts: 2
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1006 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #136 / 383
  • Number of attempts: 4
Indentation - 552 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #152 / 181
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13134 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1961 / 3776
  • Number of attempts: 8
Jake Popham
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Machine Learning Engineer @google, previously @meta

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