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Played Challenges

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python. - 798 entries

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #187 / 206
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove adjacent duplicates - 718 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #131 / 179
  • 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 - 1884 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #505 / 578
  • 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 - 1155 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #521 / 536
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1896 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10952 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #3003 / 3097
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5124 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1278 / 1670
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1860 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #544 / 595
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1022 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: #388 / 391
  • Number of attempts: 2
Stairstep digits - 413 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #130 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 1030 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #263 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change name of a variable - 187 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 / 144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1187 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #298 / 307
  • 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 - 682 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #355 / 366
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairs Indenting - 483 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #199 / 200
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2634 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 118
  • Position: #775 / 776
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5120 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1270 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 581 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #363 / 366
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2036 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #641 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse characters in a line - 832 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: #247 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change the content of a string - 1779 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #540 / 651
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #3832 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 1
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