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

Played Challenges

SFD-ROC: Tic-Tac-Toe - 132 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: 31
  • Position: #17 / 50
  • Number of attempts: 2
The name of the game - 643 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #292 / 353
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1550 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #164 / 435
  • Number of attempts: 5
switch variable - 5012 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #18 / 1728
  • Number of attempts: 3
Multiplication table. - 195 entries

Create a multiplication table.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 310
  • Position: #62 / 63
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 1930 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #116 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 3
Case preserving word replacement - 444 entries

Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #97 / 178
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort entries based on date - 359 entries

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

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #53 / 113
  • Number of attempts: 4
Numbering a List - 1849 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #203 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 4
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1202 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #144 / 394
  • Number of attempts: 5
Assignment Alignment - 824 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #63 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 9
Round Round - 285 entries

Round Round

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #31 / 83
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse Simple Deletion - 824 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #212 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 996 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #51 / 335
  • Number of attempts: 4

Contributed Challenges

Replacing some words - 418 entries

How fast could it be?

constructor - 178 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

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entered into 14 challenges

contributed 2 challenges