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Convert list of enums to list of localization terms - 228 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: 75
Best player score: 156
Position: #63 / 69
Number of attempts: 1

From brakets to parens - 1306 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: 25
Position: #52 / 295
Number of attempts: 49

π - 327 entries

1200 π chars

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #15 / 80
Number of attempts: 8

Create json from a .env file - 1716 entries

A simple everyday task.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 39
Position: #36 / 416
Number of attempts: 15

Reordering properties - 1372 entries

Arrange the CSS lines for the #topbar selector based on their complete line length, from shortest to longest.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 27
Position: #20 / 298
Number of attempts: 60

Sort and Tag - 737 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: 36
Position: #10 / 156
Number of attempts: 21

Changing date formats - 751 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

Best score: 36
Best player score: 40
Position: #19 / 211
Number of attempts: 12

YAML to dotenv - 1637 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #63 / 342
Number of attempts: 9

Change to ascending order - 548 entries

Change each line of numbers consistently from descending to ascending order.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 24
Position: #25 / 134
Number of attempts: 7

Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 491 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #51 / 176
Number of attempts: 2

Generate an entry for each month - 395 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: 27
Position: #3 / 100
Number of attempts: 15

Fix the git merge conflicts - 351 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

Best score: 36
Best player score: 50
Position: #30 / 106
Number of attempts: 2

Nested JSON Flattener - 137 entries

Transform a deeply nested JSON structure into a flattened key-value format where each path is represented by dot notation

Best score: 44
Best player score: 56
Position: #10 / 32
Number of attempts: 12

The Fibonacci Spacer - 172 entries

Split the words, remove punctuation and add spaces before each line following the Fibonacci sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89)

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #1 / 52
Number of attempts: 4

Replace markdown sections with numbering - 323 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

Best score: 29
Best player score: 59
Position: #41 / 90
Number of attempts: 4

Fix the Scala Method - 375 entries

Fix the missing semicolons and the Int type, ensure the floating point division, and remove the unnecessary return.

Best score: 2
Best player score: 22
Position: #35 / 124
Number of attempts: 4

Change class fields from camel case to snake case - 669 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #32 / 154
Number of attempts: 12

Change class fields from snake case to camel case - 325 entries

Change the class fields in this Scala class from snake case to camel case

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #52 / 122
Number of attempts: 1

Reorganize Pokémon - 880 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #32 / 242
Number of attempts: 4

Replace csv column if it's not empty - 310 entries

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

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #27 / 100
Number of attempts: 5

Convert plain text into a markdown table - 104 entries

Convert the table to markdown to make it more usable

Best score: 56
Best player score: 121
Position: #22 / 34
Number of attempts: 2

Change readonly files - 128 entries

Try to write a file that was marked as read-only.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 53
Position: #25 / 36
Number of attempts: 1

extract struct tag in go - 164 entries

Can you extract all struct tags in the fewest keystrokes possible?

Best score: 29
Best player score: 41
Position: #22 / 49
Number of attempts: 6

CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #2 - 115 entries

Tsoding's famous "Can your Vim do that?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xc4jQO7ck&t=1429s

Best score: 49
Best player score: 70
Position: #16 / 29
Number of attempts: 3

CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #1 - 297 entries

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

Best score: 41
Best player score: 41
Position: #18 / 118
Number of attempts: 5

Append leading hyphen count to each line - 148 entries

Append the number of leading hyphens to the end of each line.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 24
Position: #12 / 41
Number of attempts: 4

Move list of uuids into a SQL query - 245 entries

Take the list of UUIDs and use them as a filter in the where statement of a SQL query

Best score: 57
Best player score: 66
Position: #34 / 82
Number of attempts: 1

Markdown Blog Editing - 485 entries

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

Best score: 30
Best player score: 31
Position: #17 / 117
Number of attempts: 13

Fix timezone format - 372 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: 15
Position: #20 / 120
Number of attempts: 6

Search different SQL column with similar where clause - 363 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: 22
Position: #16 / 87
Number of attempts: 7

Remove adjacent duplicates - 727 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 19
Position: #15 / 182
Number of attempts: 10

Rearrange array to single level - 1829 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #28 / 307
Number of attempts: 11

Rearrange array to one line - 889 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #24 / 205
Number of attempts: 9

Copy punctuation - 747 entries

I want to copy the last line’s brackets, quotes, and commas to each line. How?

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #31 / 183
Number of attempts: 16

Column wise pasting - 268 entries

Make a table from 3 columns

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #10 / 58
Number of attempts: 10

Deleting text - 350 entries

Delete everything except some specific numbers.

Best score: 26
Best player score: 41
Position: #15 / 113
Number of attempts: 4

Hex to binary - 134 entries

Convert hexadecimal numbers into binary format.

Best score: 29
Best player score: 40
Position: #16 / 27
Number of attempts: 4

Format a long line - 129 entries

Reformat long lines (gq), textwidth=78, no trailing spaces.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 72
Position: #31 / 37
Number of attempts: 1

Quicksort - 2113 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 24
Position: #284 / 472
Number of attempts: 2

Pick and sort servers from mirror list - 463 entries

Retrieve the primary server for each country from a mirror list file and organize them alphabetically by country name. Given a mirror list file containing server information for various countries, the objective is to extract the primary server from each country and then arrange these servers in alphabetical order based on the respective country names.

Best score: 28
Best player score: 30
Position: #37 / 92
Number of attempts: 9

Find fix point of cos - 1485 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: 16
Position: #297 / 434
Number of attempts: 1

Easier Align - 449 entries

Align the columns of a markdown table

Best score: 51
Best player score: 73
Position: #24 / 101
Number of attempts: 13

Paste a column after a column - 2668 entries

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

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #112 / 578
Number of attempts: 6

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1295 entries

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

Best score: 29
Best player score: 29
Position: #67 / 278
Number of attempts: 10

Fix the shell script! - 2681 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

Best score: 26
Best player score: 32
Position: #301 / 624
Number of attempts: 1

Java to JavaScript - 302 entries

Let convert some simple Java file to JavaScript!

Best score: 59
Best player score: 59
Position: #14 / 78
Number of attempts: 8

CSV to MD format - 450 entries

To convert a CSV list to Markdown list

Best score: 36
Best player score: 36
Position: #16 / 99
Number of attempts: 9

Modernise code - 1439 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 34
Position: #76 / 333
Number of attempts: 8

swap number pairs - 2173 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #60 / 394
Number of attempts: 12