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Create json from a .env file - 1367 entries

A simple everyday task.

Best score: 39
Best player score: 55
Position: #126 / 322
Number of attempts: 4

Reordering properties - 1078 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: 102
Position: #183 / 249
Number of attempts: 2

Sort and Tag - 639 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 / 131
Number of attempts: 20

Changing date formats - 617 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

Best score: 37
Best player score: 40
Position: #14 / 172
Number of attempts: 12

YAML to dotenv - 1292 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #70 / 271
Number of attempts: 8

Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 392 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #51 / 146
Number of attempts: 1

Generate an entry for each month - 351 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 / 84
Number of attempts: 15

Fix the git merge conflicts - 290 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

Best score: 36
Best player score: 50
Position: #25 / 80
Number of attempts: 2

Nested JSON Flattener - 115 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: #9 / 28
Number of attempts: 12

The Fibonacci Spacer - 150 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: 25
Best player score: 44
Position: #20 / 43
Number of attempts: 3

Replace markdown sections with numbering - 291 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

Best score: 29
Best player score: 59
Position: #35 / 76
Number of attempts: 4

Fix the Scala Method - 290 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 / 92
Number of attempts: 4

Change class fields from camel case to snake case - 526 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #32 / 120
Number of attempts: 12

Change class fields from snake case to camel case - 278 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #52 / 104
Number of attempts: 1

Reorganize Pokémon - 697 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 18
Position: #32 / 192
Number of attempts: 4

Replace csv column if it's not empty - 249 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 / 84
Number of attempts: 5

Convert plain text into a markdown table - 76 entries

Convert the table to markdown to make it more usable

Best score: 56
Best player score: 121
Position: #18 / 25
Number of attempts: 2

Change readonly files - 90 entries

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

Best score: 20
Best player score: 53
Position: #19 / 24
Number of attempts: 1

extract struct tag in go - 144 entries

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

Best score: 29
Best player score: 41
Position: #21 / 38
Number of attempts: 6

CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #2 - 84 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: #12 / 21
Number of attempts: 3

CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #1 - 239 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 / 91
Number of attempts: 5

Append leading hyphen count to each line - 109 entries

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

Best score: 23
Best player score: 24
Position: #10 / 32
Number of attempts: 4

Move list of uuids into a SQL query - 205 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: #33 / 68
Number of attempts: 1

Markdown Blog Editing - 434 entries

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

Best score: 30
Best player score: 31
Position: #15 / 101
Number of attempts: 13

Fix timezone format - 318 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 / 101
Number of attempts: 6

Search different SQL column with similar where clause - 314 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 / 69
Number of attempts: 7

Remove adjacent duplicates - 646 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 19
Position: #15 / 162
Number of attempts: 10

Rearrange array to single level - 1654 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: #26 / 274
Number of attempts: 11

Rearrange array to one line - 783 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #24 / 184
Number of attempts: 9

Copy punctuation - 673 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: #27 / 160
Number of attempts: 16

Column wise pasting - 254 entries

Make a table from 3 columns

Best score: 17
Best player score: 17
Position: #10 / 52
Number of attempts: 10

Deleting text - 325 entries

Delete everything except some specific numbers.

Best score: 26
Best player score: 41
Position: #15 / 101
Number of attempts: 4

Hex to binary - 120 entries

Convert hexadecimal numbers into binary format.

Best score: 29
Best player score: 40
Position: #15 / 23
Number of attempts: 4

Format a long line - 119 entries

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

Best score: 17
Best player score: 72
Position: #29 / 33
Number of attempts: 1

Quicksort - 2073 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: #282 / 460
Number of attempts: 2

Pick and sort servers from mirror list - 451 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: #36 / 90
Number of attempts: 9

Find fix point of cos - 1444 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: #292 / 427
Number of attempts: 1

Easier Align - 421 entries

Align the columns of a markdown table

Best score: 51
Best player score: 73
Position: #23 / 98
Number of attempts: 13

Paste a column after a column - 2637 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 / 571
Number of attempts: 6

Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1281 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 / 275
Number of attempts: 10

Fix the shell script! - 2651 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

Best score: 26
Best player score: 32
Position: #296 / 616
Number of attempts: 1

Java to JavaScript - 285 entries

Let convert some simple Java file to JavaScript!

Best score: 59
Best player score: 59
Position: #14 / 76
Number of attempts: 8

CSV to MD format - 429 entries

To convert a CSV list to Markdown list

Best score: 36
Best player score: 36
Position: #16 / 96
Number of attempts: 9

Modernise code - 1420 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 34
Position: #76 / 328
Number of attempts: 8

swap number pairs - 2146 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #60 / 390
Number of attempts: 12