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Played Challenges

π - 186 entries

1200 π chars

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #4 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 5
Create json from a .env file - 1303 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #17 / 303
  • Number of attempts: 15
Reordering properties - 1042 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: 24
  • Position: #8 / 240
  • Number of attempts: 20
Sort and Tag - 613 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: #13 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 15
Changing date formats - 615 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #6 / 170
  • Number of attempts: 19
YAML to dotenv - 1226 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #42 / 262
  • Number of attempts: 13
Change to ascending order - 448 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #19 / 109
  • Number of attempts: 10
Swap columns and transform to CSV format - 386 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #59 / 143
  • Number of attempts: 6
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: 32
  • Position: #12 / 84
  • Number of attempts: 17
Fix the git merge conflicts - 286 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #5 / 78
  • Number of attempts: 12
Nested JSON Flattener - 101 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 / 27
  • Number of attempts: 10
The Fibonacci Spacer - 148 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: 32
  • Position: #12 / 41
  • Number of attempts: 12
Replace markdown sections with numbering - 284 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #8 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 9
Fix the Scala Method - 286 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: #39 / 89
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: #35 / 120
  • Number of attempts: 6
Change class fields from snake case to camel case - 276 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #59 / 103
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reorganize Pokémon - 691 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #169 / 190
  • Number of attempts: 1
Replace csv column if it's not empty - 248 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: #34 / 83
  • Number of attempts: 6
Convert plain text into a markdown table - 70 entries

Convert the table to markdown to make it more usable

  • Best score: 56
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #6 / 25
  • Number of attempts: 3
Change readonly files - 90 entries

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

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #13 / 24
  • Number of attempts: 6
extract struct tag in go - 142 entries

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

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #23 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 7
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: #13 / 21
  • Number of attempts: 4
CaN yOuR ViM dO ThAt? #1 - 236 entries

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

  • Best score: 41
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #29 / 91
  • Number of attempts: 4
Append leading hyphen count to each line - 108 entries

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

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #12 / 31
  • Number of attempts: 6
Move list of uuids into a SQL query - 196 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: 60
  • Position: #9 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 9
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: #16 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 6
Word completion - 279 entries

Try to complete these options within 20 keystrokes.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #14 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: #21 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 7
Search different SQL column with similar where clause - 304 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: 23
  • Position: #27 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 5
Remove adjacent duplicates - 646 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #34 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 5
Move to corresponding lines - 285 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #6 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 6
Rearrange array to single level - 1631 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #124 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 6
Rearrange array to one line - 758 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #26 / 182
  • Number of attempts: 13
Copy punctuation - 655 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #17 / 158
  • Number of attempts: 11
Change LaTex itemizations formats - 112 entries

Inspired by the way my professor formats their LaTeX assignments.

  • Best score: 43
  • Best player score: 72
  • Position: #9 / 19
  • Number of attempts: 2
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