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$ vimgolf setup
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Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #156 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 6
replacing each line of a block selection - 3007 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #325 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 7
un-C-escape string - 58 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #7 / 52
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #13 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 8
remove dupes from array - 1360 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 / 337
  • Number of attempts: 9
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3852 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #747 / 829
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13266 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #968 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 7
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