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Played Challenges

Create Leading Zeros - 245 entries

Create leading zeros only for id columns. Please use generic approach!

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 88
  • Position: #83 / 84
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: #990 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 3
replacing each line of a block selection - 3007 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #764 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #1705 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13274 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3398 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 1
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