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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

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Search and Replace 0 - 4792 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #156 / 1585
  • Number of attempts: 6
replacing each line of a block selection - 2947 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #319 / 768
  • Number of attempts: 7
un-C-escape string - 56 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #7 / 50
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 1952 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #13 / 640
  • Number of attempts: 8
remove dupes from array - 1336 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: #32 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 9
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3339 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #667 / 736
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 12290 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #917 / 3581
  • Number of attempts: 7
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