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Convert list of enums to list of localization terms - 70 entries

While making my game Piloteer, I had a large list of TaskTypes and needed to convert them to an equivalent list of localization terms, to be used when translating the game's text into different languages.

  • Best score: 86
  • Best player score: 213
  • Position: #23 / 23
  • Number of attempts: 2
From brakets to parens - 802 entries

This is one of the most common problem when you wrap an array for error handling. Vim is useful when you convert foo[i][j][k] into foo(i, j, k) for many times.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #115 / 182
  • Number of attempts: 4
Create json from a .env file - 1453 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 77
  • Position: #246 / 338
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sort and Tag - 659 entries

The goal is to sort these lines alphabetically, assign a unique identifier to each line in the format "[01]", "[02]", etc., and then restore the original order of the lines while preserving the assigned identifiers.

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 303
  • Position: #131 / 136
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 407 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #140 / 150
  • Number of attempts: 2
Generate an entry for each month - 360 entries

The input file contains a URI with a month in it. Generate the URIs for all the other months up to a couple of years

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 170
  • Position: #87 / 88
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change class fields from camel case to snake case - 547 entries

This is the reverse of the previous challenge: https://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/9v006705493c000000000513

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #103 / 127
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reorganize Pokémon - 733 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #95 / 202
  • Number of attempts: 4
Replace csv column if it's not empty - 255 entries

Replace the credit_score_percentile column with the value 0.0 but leave the empty ones untouched

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #58 / 87
  • Number of attempts: 3
CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #1 - 253 entries

Tsoding's famous "Can your Vim do that?" https://youtu.be/Bafo3hhheHU?si=DfcT4sUEMTSAevnx&t=1091

  • Best score: 41
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #62 / 98
  • Number of attempts: 3
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