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Wget failed to download redirections - 202 entries

Output of a wget session, where 302 where not properly handled due to certificate problems, has been saved to a file. Keep the correct URLs to start again downloading.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 25
Position: #57 / 65
Number of attempts: 1

Prime Numbers - 385 entries

List the first 100 prime numbers.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 43
Position: #46 / 107
Number of attempts: 10

Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 814 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #111 / 426
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #159 / 1631
Number of attempts: 5

Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #192 / 4216
Number of attempts: 6

Interweave two blocks of text - 661 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: 17
Position: #120 / 215
Number of attempts: 3

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: 40
Position: #18 / 383
Number of attempts: 6

Sierpinski's Triangle - 86 entries

Build the famous fractal, Sierpinski's Triangle.

Best score: 25
Best player score: 41
Position: #20 / 27
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 427 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #26 / 206
Number of attempts: 1

I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #130 / 4194
Number of attempts: 5

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #664 / 3695
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #528 / 3970
Number of attempts: 3

Create a pandoc compatible table - 214 entries

In [this vimcast][1], a featured gist from Tim Pope shows how to quickly make a simple table structure. How fast can you convert it to pandoc's markdown style? [1]: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/aligning-text-with-tabular-vim/

Best score: 32
Best player score: 32
Position: #4 / 56
Number of attempts: 5

Convert pandoc unordered list to a numbered list - 166 entries

I know it's possible to use #. in pandoc to auto-generate numbered lists, but then it's not easy to tell how many items there are when reading it in Markdown. How fast can you make the switch?

Best score: 20
Best player score: 24
Position: #21 / 57
Number of attempts: 3

Create an alphabet diamond - 105 entries

Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...

Best score: 37
Best player score: 58
Position: #17 / 32
Number of attempts: 3

Inconsistent real estate paste - 217 entries

Format a hand-typed real estate listing that uses inconsistent punctuation into four sections

Best score: 24
Best player score: 34
Position: #28 / 59
Number of attempts: 2

Aligning function arguments to match a specific coding style - 259 entries

Most projects have specific coding style guidelines. In this case, the argument list must be broken into a new line for each argument, with the argument names right aligned, taking into account pointers.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #25 / 72
Number of attempts: 3

Exchanging Quotes - 859 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 32
Position: #50 / 231
Number of attempts: 6

replacing each line of a block selection - 3005 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #20 / 779
Number of attempts: 6

Switch function arguments - 2152 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #202 / 667
Number of attempts: 2

Append semicolon after expressions - 1057 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #155 / 420
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #8 / 199
Number of attempts: 2

Remove noise from HTTP log - 724 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #8 / 275
Number of attempts: 2

constructor - 182 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

Best score: 59
Best player score: 82
Position: #18 / 60
Number of attempts: 2

Remove semicolons after expressions - 663 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #8 / 264
Number of attempts: 2

un-C-escape string - 58 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #16 / 52
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5085 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #97 / 1750
Number of attempts: 4

The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #28 / 363
Number of attempts: 2

Format the output - 146 entries

Sometimes your standard out is a little hard to read. Take this multilevel hash and make it human readable.

Best score: 35
Best player score: 42
Position: #15 / 40
Number of attempts: 5

Calculate the table totals - 146 entries

Go ahead... commit the treachery of using vim as a spreadsheet.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #13 / 45
Number of attempts: 5

Ugly spreadsheet copy/paste to CSV - 1009 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #57 / 193
Number of attempts: 7

Replacing some words - 428 entries

How fast could it be?

Best score: 17
Best player score: 19
Position: #42 / 151
Number of attempts: 5

Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #142 / 652
Number of attempts: 5

Line Zipper - 477 entries

Zip/pair related lines.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #42 / 216
Number of attempts: 5

remove dupes from array - 1358 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: 29
Position: #296 / 336
Number of attempts: 3

Alphabetize the directory - 298 entries

Put the contacts and their information in alphabetical order.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 38
Position: #63 / 101
Number of attempts: 1

PHP Array Syntax -> MailChimp Merge Syntax - 545 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: 23
Position: #13 / 150
Number of attempts: 8

Case preserving word replacement - 456 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: 19
Position: #41 / 181
Number of attempts: 4

Complete the hex array data (Part II) - 166 entries

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

Best score: 20
Best player score: 22
Position: #29 / 69
Number of attempts: 3

Rotating Philosophers Problem - 410 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: 30
Position: #71 / 166
Number of attempts: 3

Before there was Farmville... - 101 entries

There was old MacDonald. For my toddler. The first Vim sing-a-long?

Best score: 156
Best player score: 162
Position: #6 / 49
Number of attempts: 5

Assignment Alignment - 885 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #26 / 221
Number of attempts: 6

A Simple One - 1064 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #270 / 670
Number of attempts: 1

Round Round - 321 entries

Round Round

Best score: 19
Best player score: 23
Position: #35 / 88
Number of attempts: 7

Table Reshuffle - 450 entries

Fix the column order in this table... also append the new 'username' column.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 23
Position: #20 / 144
Number of attempts: 3

Another Mixed-Up Haiku - 265 entries

VimGolf ... a perfect evening?

Best score: 21
Best player score: 21
Position: #23 / 90
Number of attempts: 5

Ruby 1.9 compat - 640 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #31 / 236
Number of attempts: 5

Sorting paragraphs - 552 entries

Order the paragraphs correctly, per prefixed index

Best score: 18
Best player score: 21
Position: #25 / 165
Number of attempts: 8

Indentation - 552 entries

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

Best score: 20
Best player score: 23
Position: #25 / 181
Number of attempts: 7

Hatsuyume - 548 entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume

Best score: 15
Best player score: 22
Position: #45 / 189
Number of attempts: 5

Turn this csv list into queries - 252 entries

Transform each line of this csv file into a MySQL-ready INSERT query.

Best score: 98
Best player score: 100
Position: #11 / 101
Number of attempts: 5

The Cake is a Lie - 1374 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #343 / 534
Number of attempts: 2

Fix the Haiku - 320 entries

Change this slightly scrambled haiku to its unscrambled form and fix the capitalisation and punctuation along the way.

Best score: 28
Best player score: 30
Position: #17 / 115
Number of attempts: 5

Context insensitive completion 0 - 590 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 7
Position: #69 / 249
Number of attempts: 3

Context Insensitive completion 1 - 512 entries

Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #85 / 248
Number of attempts: 1

Linear congruential generator - 143 entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator

Best score: 28
Best player score: 31
Position: #33 / 54
Number of attempts: 1

Reformat some Python - 627 entries

Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 34
Position: #20 / 240
Number of attempts: 6

Reformat a C golf submission - 614 entries

Take this C golf submission (for the "tiny but standards-compliant Hello World program" category, naturally), and turn it into formatted C code.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 26
Position: #38 / 210
Number of attempts: 6

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: 13
Position: #46 / 268
Number of attempts: 4

PEP8 Python Wrapping Comments and Code - 219 entries

According to PEP8, long flowy text and code should have different max line lengths. Code: 79 characters max Long flowy text: 72 characters max

Best score: 21
Best player score: 26
Position: #32 / 69
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat most common surnames - 755 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

Best score: 23
Best player score: 25
Position: #54 / 217
Number of attempts: 3

Remember FizzBuzz? - 742 entries

Output FizzBuzz to 100. Start with nothing.

Best score: 39
Best player score: 49
Position: #36 / 194
Number of attempts: 6

Get rid of html tags - 415 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

Best score: 12
Best player score: 25
Position: #208 / 239
Number of attempts: 4

Change the content of a string - 1649 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 22
Position: #74 / 609
Number of attempts: 3

Deleting folded text - 386 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 18
Position: #13 / 121
Number of attempts: 4

Sort and add attributes - 1501 entries

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

Best score: 33
Best player score: 33
Position: #103 / 582
Number of attempts: 3

Add fold markers to a .c file - 664 entries

Fold markers can make it easier to navigate source code. Add them to this .c file.

Best score: 30
Best player score: 30
Position: #19 / 191
Number of attempts: 5

Reconstruct the Sentence - 1649 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #55 / 434
Number of attempts: 4

Braces or Brackets? - 1073 entries

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

Best score: 34
Best player score: 34
Position: #2 / 331
Number of attempts: 7

Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3793 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #64 / 814
Number of attempts: 10

Flodder-challenge - 1369 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

Best score: 27
Best player score: 28
Position: #58 / 352
Number of attempts: 5

Simple text editing with Vim - 13101 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #72 / 3768
Number of attempts: 5

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7230 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 32
Position: #17 / 1779
Number of attempts: 8

Rod Knowlton
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Sysadmin turned coder. That's not a bad thing, is it? I also crack wise on non-code things as @toldorknown