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

Played Challenges

Populate 3D bone names list - 46 entries

Ran into this at work, excited to see how this gets optimized

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #8 / 18
  • Number of attempts: 4
Find fix point of cos - 648 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #89 / 181
  • Number of attempts: 4
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 335 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #107 / 176
  • Number of attempts: 3
Paste a column after a column - 1676 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #59 / 366
  • Number of attempts: 9
HS exam question - 1275 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 110
  • Position: #299 / 347
  • Number of attempts: 1
Many duplicates - 1048 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #231 / 341
  • Number of attempts: 7
delete swap - 1268 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #261 / 403
  • Number of attempts: 2

Contributed Challenges

Populate 3D bone names list - 46 entries

Ran into this at work, excited to see how this gets optimized

Gabriel Reed
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vim enthusiast

entered into 7 challenges

contributed 1 challenges