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Played Challenges

Flip All Bits - 387 entries

Perform a bitwise NOT operation on each bit, meaning that bits that are 0 become 1, and those that are 1 become 0.

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #76 / 119
  • Number of attempts: 5
From brakets to parens - 1290 entries

This is one of the most common problem when you wrap an array for error handling. Vim is useful when you convert foo[i][j][k] into foo(i, j, k) for many times.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #99 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 12
Change to ascending order - 541 entries

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

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 117
  • Position: #110 / 132
  • Number of attempts: 4
Change class fields from camel case to snake case - 664 entries

This is the reverse of the previous challenge: https://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/9v006705493c000000000513

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #97 / 153
  • Number of attempts: 13
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: 21
  • Position: #99 / 307
  • Number of attempts: 14
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: 17
  • Position: #77 / 205
  • Number of attempts: 12
Case matching substitution - 92 entries

Swap every "lorem" for "ipsum", keeping the letter cases the same.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 52
  • Position: #16 / 23
  • Number of attempts: 10
delete swap - 1912 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #441 / 580
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add quotes to ansible playbook - 1049 entries

You created an ansible playbook, but forgot to add quotes. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #270 / 332
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 5159 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1110 / 1674
  • Number of attempts: 5
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1047 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #305 / 397
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2884 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 7
Shebangs for all - 2101 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #459 / 532
  • Number of attempts: 9
Reformat most common surnames - 834 entries

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #143 / 238
  • Number of attempts: 4
Change the content of a string - 1799 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #429 / 655
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2435 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 6
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