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Played Challenges

Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 319 entries

Turn this spreadsheet output into a CSV file but first swap the columns

Best score: 16
Best player score: 19
Position: #71 / 118
Number of attempts: 4

Fix the git merge conflicts - 214 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

Best score: 36
Best player score: 69
Position: #50 / 61
Number of attempts: 2

Markdown Blog Editing - 370 entries

Convert the given link text in start file to a markdown link list.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 43
Position: #37 / 86
Number of attempts: 6

Fix timezone format - 298 entries

Add the missing T and Z in the datetime field. There should be a T instead of the space, and a Z at the end of the datetime. `2024-08-31 18:32:00;` -> `2024-08-31T18:32:00Z;`

Best score: 15
Best player score: 17
Position: #45 / 96
Number of attempts: 3

Search different SQL column with similar where clause - 265 entries

Replace a column in the where clause and convert all numbers from text to numeric, by replacing the leading 0 with the code 359.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 28
Position: #44 / 60
Number of attempts: 2

Remove adjacent duplicates - 578 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 23
Position: #63 / 150
Number of attempts: 3

Rearrange array to single level - 1528 entries

The goal is to flatten the array into a single list and remove any empty elements.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 35
Position: #190 / 254
Number of attempts: 2

Rearrange array to one line - 719 entries

Rearrange the array content on only one line, and remove trailing commas

Best score: 13
Best player score: 27
Position: #137 / 174
Number of attempts: 3

months to html list items - 1088 entries

Turn the months into list items.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 30
Position: #221 / 295
Number of attempts: 1

Remove line numbers - 747 entries

From http://web.archive.org/web/20140831121704/http://dirac.org/linux/gdb/02a-Memory_Layout_And_The_Stack.php#investigatingthestackwithgdb.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #2 / 200
Number of attempts: 2

Find fix point of cos - 1432 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: 17
Position: #305 / 424
Number of attempts: 1

Paste a column after a column - 2610 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #234 / 566
Number of attempts: 6

Reformat symbols in list - 1635 entries

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

Best score: 24
Best player score: 34
Position: #222 / 352
Number of attempts: 1

2 quick changes and a numbered list - 648 entries

The ascii will not be lost, but rather numbered in 4 digit blocks with leading zeros.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 59
Position: #111 / 155
Number of attempts: 3

delete swap - 1809 entries

delete all swap

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #370 / 564
Number of attempts: 2

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1277 entries

Original by @BiddulphCaleb (http://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/6019f1c4642668000cee11e8) - had some extra spaces in output file.

Best score: 29
Best player score: 45
Position: #158 / 274
Number of attempts: 2

Fix the shell script! - 2606 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

Best score: 26
Best player score: 40
Position: #414 / 607
Number of attempts: 2

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2907 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #27 / 860
Number of attempts: 4

Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1782 / 3078
Number of attempts: 7

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3614 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #863 / 1173
Number of attempts: 4

Com(m)a Trouble - 3907 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

Best score: 12
Best player score: 28
Position: #758 / 886
Number of attempts: 2

Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #736 / 1631
Number of attempts: 3

Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 547 entries

Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/

Best score: 30
Best player score: 42
Position: #117 / 131
Number of attempts: 1

Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1006 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: 50
Position: #352 / 383
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2240 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #367 / 681
Number of attempts: 4

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 672 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #129 / 210
Number of attempts: 2

Increment each number - 1041 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 28
Position: #224 / 254
Number of attempts: 5

Delete to the end of the current line - 849 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #268 / 407
Number of attempts: 2

move titles next to url, in quotes - 549 entries

had trouble with something similar

Best score: 19
Best player score: 24
Position: #122 / 145
Number of attempts: 2

Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 16
Position: #2542 / 3971
Number of attempts: 2

Refactor arguments into object argument - 166 entries

A relatively common Javascript refactoring.

Best score: 48
Best player score: 69
Position: #39 / 68
Number of attempts: 2

Saving the hashes(#) - 2063 entries

The following file is copied from vimcasts.org(Its only for learning purpose,hope the site owner doesn't mind it), its probably the easiest of challenges.Our goal is to delete every line which doesn't contain a hash signs. The remaining hash signs with numbers are then sorted to get the final output.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 29
Position: #358 / 480
Number of attempts: 2

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1130 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #145 / 448
Number of attempts: 4

Vertical Limit - 2574 entries

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

Best score: 21
Best player score: 26
Position: #510 / 761
Number of attempts: 2

Switch function arguments - 2162 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #338 / 669
Number of attempts: 4

Indentation - 552 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 27
Position: #87 / 181
Number of attempts: 8

Reverse characters in a line - 778 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 22
Position: #226 / 268
Number of attempts: 3

Change the content of a string - 1656 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 22
Position: #229 / 611
Number of attempts: 3

Sort and add attributes - 1507 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 33
Position: #285 / 584
Number of attempts: 7

Braces or Brackets? - 1074 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

Best score: 34
Best player score: 46
Position: #181 / 332
Number of attempts: 3

Simple text editing with Vim - 13134 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #721 / 3776
Number of attempts: 7