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Played Challenges

VimGolfNight - 575 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #101 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3185 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #994 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2002 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 3
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1620 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #37 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 11
Switch function arguments - 2182 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #391 / 674
  • Number of attempts: 5
Numbering a List - 1940 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #97 / 656
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7415 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #926 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 2
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