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Played Challenges

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python. - 956 entries

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #213 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove adjacent duplicates - 727 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #132 / 182
  • Number of attempts: 1
Find fix point of cos - 1485 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: 50
  • Position: #400 / 434
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2668 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 220
  • Position: #577 / 578
  • Number of attempts: 1
delete swap - 1912 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #507 / 580
  • Number of attempts: 2
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1688 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #457 / 567
  • Number of attempts: 1
Yo To Hello - 1156 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #522 / 537
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4885 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1899 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #3004 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5162 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1282 / 1675
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1861 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #545 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1052 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: 72
  • Position: #397 / 400
  • Number of attempts: 2
Stairstep digits - 426 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #130 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 1032 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #264 / 265
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change name of a variable - 197 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #130 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 1
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1208 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #301 / 310
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: Tic-Tac-Toe - 174 entries

Tic-Tac-Toe You are 'X', and it is your turn. Stop 'O' from winning, and complete the game. Draw a diagonal line through your winning row of three X's.

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #48 / 55
  • Number of attempts: 1
The name of the game - 696 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #358 / 369
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairs Indenting - 502 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #201 / 202
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2637 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 118
  • Position: #777 / 778
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1271 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 588 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #365 / 368
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #641 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 845 entries

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

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #250 / 283
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1803 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #545 / 656
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #3846 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 1
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