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Played Challenges

Filling braces - 125 entries

Inspired by a question on CoDidact (https://software.codidact.com/posts/296501), I wondered if Vim could offer a satisfactory ‘solution’ to this problem.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 24
Position: #6 / 44
Number of attempts: 5

Even and Odd - 254 entries

separate the even numbers from the odd numbers

Best score: 13
Best player score: 39
Position: #52 / 55
Number of attempts: 3

Modifying .XCompose - 68 entries

You just wrote some lines in .XCompose, but now you want the compose sequences to be more verbose. Change the compose sequence for each Greek letter to its name.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 39
Position: #16 / 17
Number of attempts: 7

hexagram binary tree - 101 entries

generate the binary tree that represents all possible hexagrams found in the book of changes (易经)

Best score: 24
Best player score: 30
Position: #12 / 24
Number of attempts: 9

π - 327 entries

1200 π chars

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #4 / 80
Number of attempts: 5

Create json from a .env file - 1716 entries

A simple everyday task.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 39
Position: #18 / 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: 24
Position: #8 / 298
Number of attempts: 20

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: #13 / 156
Number of attempts: 15

Changing date formats - 751 entries

Change the date format to Y/M/D.

Best score: 36
Best player score: 37
Position: #7 / 211
Number of attempts: 19

YAML to dotenv - 1637 entries

Convert this YAML config file to a .env file.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #42 / 342
Number of attempts: 13

Change to ascending order - 548 entries

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

Best score: 17
Best player score: 18
Position: #20 / 134
Number of attempts: 10

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: #59 / 176
Number of attempts: 6

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: 32
Position: #14 / 100
Number of attempts: 17

Fix the git merge conflicts - 351 entries

Solve the merge conflicts in the Python file

Best score: 36
Best player score: 37
Position: #6 / 106
Number of attempts: 12

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: #11 / 32
Number of attempts: 10

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: 25
Position: #9 / 52
Number of attempts: 13

Replace markdown sections with numbering - 323 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

Best score: 29
Best player score: 30
Position: #8 / 90
Number of attempts: 9

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: #39 / 124
Number of attempts: 1

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: #35 / 154
Number of attempts: 6

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: #59 / 122
Number of attempts: 4

Reorganize Pokémon - 880 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 30
Position: #210 / 242
Number of attempts: 1

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: #34 / 100
Number of attempts: 6

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: 59
Position: #9 / 34
Number of attempts: 3

Change readonly files - 128 entries

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

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #15 / 36
Number of attempts: 6

extract struct tag in go - 164 entries

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

Best score: 29
Best player score: 42
Position: #24 / 49
Number of attempts: 7

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: 49
Position: #8 / 29
Number of attempts: 11

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: 42
Position: #31 / 118
Number of attempts: 4

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: #14 / 41
Number of attempts: 6

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: 60
Position: #10 / 82
Number of attempts: 9

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: #18 / 117
Number of attempts: 6

Word completion - 310 entries

Try to complete these options within 20 keystrokes.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 20
Position: #14 / 84
Number of attempts: 1

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: #21 / 120
Number of attempts: 7

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: 23
Position: #29 / 87
Number of attempts: 5

Remove adjacent duplicates - 727 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #38 / 182
Number of attempts: 5

Move to corresponding lines - 334 entries

Move the values to the corresponding lines.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #6 / 76
Number of attempts: 6

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: 24
Position: #136 / 307
Number of attempts: 6

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: #26 / 205
Number of attempts: 13

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: 19
Position: #17 / 183
Number of attempts: 11

Change LaTex itemizations formats - 137 entries

Inspired by the way my professor formats their LaTeX assignments.

Best score: 43
Best player score: 43
Position: #6 / 24
Number of attempts: 5