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Played Challenges

Interweave two blocks of text - 692 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #39 / 217
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 3067 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #242 / 789
  • Number of attempts: 1
constructor - 198 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #7 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #85 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 2
Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1046 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #69 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 1
Multiplication table. - 240 entries

Create a multiplication table.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #13 / 70
  • Number of attempts: 3
Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #213 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove dupes from array - 1377 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #18 / 341
  • Number of attempts: 1
PHP Array Syntax -> MailChimp Merge Syntax - 569 entries

I recently needed to send an e-mail to our marketing department listing allowed merge tags for our MailChimp campaigns. The allowed merge tags were determined from a PHP array in one of our PHP classes. I transformed the PHP class to MailChimp's syntax and sent the e-mail. It was, however, a long, laborious process. I'm still fairly new to Vim and would love to see how an expert Vim user would tackle one of my own, real-world problems. Thanks and have fun!

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #55 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 2
Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 192 entries

Do not use external tools(e.g. tac, seq) [My interpretation of Rule #7]

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #46 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort entries based on date - 432 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #80 / 121
  • Number of attempts: 1
Refactor to Helpers - 52 entries

This Rails partial is almost all template escapes. Put it into a helper, and refactor each case to methods so we can build out the controls for each. (I've converted to tabs - fighting with Vimgolf's default config shouldn't be part of the challenge.)

  • Best score: 147
  • Best player score: 158
  • Position: #5 / 26
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rotating Philosophers Problem - 421 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #18 / 169
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remember FizzBuzz? - 818 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #62 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 4044 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #202 / 862
  • Number of attempts: 2
Flodder-challenge - 1500 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #60 / 378
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #962 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #225 / 1889
  • Number of attempts: 2
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