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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Sort and Tag - 708 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: 40
  • Position: #28 / 153
  • Number of attempts: 19
Reorganize Pokémon - 871 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #24 / 239
  • Number of attempts: 10
Convert plain text into a markdown table - 102 entries

Convert the table to markdown to make it more usable

  • Best score: 56
  • Best player score: 194
  • Position: #27 / 33
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 4025 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #52 / 857
  • Number of attempts: 12
Flodder-challenge - 1490 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #154 / 377
  • Number of attempts: 6
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #756 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 9
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7649 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #190 / 1882
  • Number of attempts: 15
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