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Played Challenges

vim = 22 / 7 - 475 entries

pi square vim

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #81 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alsa configuration - 513 entries

I'm tweaking my ~/.asoundrc file!

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #105 / 128
  • Number of attempts: 1
Refactoring useless Method away - 117 entries

Real-life challenge, convert a bunch of ifs to a switch statement

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #18 / 35
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #38 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 2
Letter case trickery - 1644 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #79 / 520
  • Number of attempts: 4
quotes inside quotes - 3182 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #376 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #194 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 4
fib.c cleanup - 71 entries

cleanup the file

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #49 / 56
  • Number of attempts: 1
Block Fun 1 - 211 entries

Manipulate the columns to produce desired result.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #46 / 76
  • Number of attempts: 5
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1619 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #43 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 4
switch variable - 5089 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #235 / 1751
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13183 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2237 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7309 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #1050 / 1805
  • Number of attempts: 2
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