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vim = 22 / 7 - 447 entries

pi square vim

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #120 / 131
  • Number of attempts: 1
Interweave two blocks of text - 631 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #172 / 211
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extended Customer 2 - 47 entries

Format the chars

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 92
  • Position: #18 / 20
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap assigned value - 626 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #217 / 250
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1877 / 3946
  • Number of attempts: 1
It's a factor - 91 entries

Flaunt your macro prowess by factoring some numbers. Too hard? It takes less than 30 strokes, I promise.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 88
  • Position: #23 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 1
REDRUM - 150 entries

If you remember "The Shinning", the first time you saw the bloody word REDRUM you probably thinked "What the Hell is that?" Well, then you know that you need a little help from a looking-glass to make sense of it. Now it's time to use vim like a mirror to reveal the message.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #42 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 1
Checkerboard case pattern - 148 entries

All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #33 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 1
NATO phonetic alphabet - 501 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #163 / 191
  • Number of attempts: 1
A simple change - 442 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #85 / 189
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairs Indenting - 448 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #100 / 193
  • Number of attempts: 2
Create an alphabet diamond - 81 entries

Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...

  • Best score: 40
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #18 / 30
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1091 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #183 / 441
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make the circuit grid! - 87 entries

Copy this command for a circuit layout program to create 10 total smd commands. Increment the number in quotes to name each pad, and add 0.7 to each of the (X Y) coordinates at the end of each line.

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 53
  • Position: #45 / 48
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #736 / 1736
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rotating Philosophers Problem - 390 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #152 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 1
Getters & Setters: Java - 205 entries

Boilerplate getters & setters - it's a tedious fact of life in Java, and probably the only thing that still pulls me back to an IDE. Perhaps someone knows a fast, pure vim way...

  • Best score: 89
  • Best player score: 134
  • Position: #43 / 56
  • Number of attempts: 1
Java Array2List - 225 entries

Convert an java array initializer into a list.

  • Best score: 67
  • Best player score: 126
  • Position: #70 / 83
  • Number of attempts: 2
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