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Played Challenges

Filling braces - 406 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: #27 / 132
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python. - 1036 entries

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #59 / 251
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete the last function argument in python. - 707 entries

Delete the last function argument in this python script.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #14 / 253
  • Number of attempts: 4
Flip All Bits - 485 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: 24
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #5 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 14
Fix the Scala Method - 379 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: #49 / 126
  • Number of attempts: 11
Copy punctuation - 755 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: #22 / 186
  • Number of attempts: 6
New teacher - 1529 entries

Update the details of the new CS teacher.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #179 / 320
  • Number of attempts: 6
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 584 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #248 / 330
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6399 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #771 / 1564
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5167 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1115 / 1677
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11630 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3248 / 4261
  • Number of attempts: 2
Order and join - 1032 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #149 / 265
  • Number of attempts: 13
ASCII Art - 92 entries

how good are you with simple regex?

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #36 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python: Lots of function arguments - 129 entries

The function definition is too long for one line. The modeline helps you with some typical Python indent settings.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #3 / 53
  • Number of attempts: 4
The holy-grail may help - 408 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #218 / 222
  • Number of attempts: 2
Shebangs for all - 2105 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: 11
  • Position: #81 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 13
Get rid of html tags - 465 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #165 / 262
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13667 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2124 / 3914
  • Number of attempts: 6

Contributed Challenges

Delete the last function argument in python. - 707 entries

Delete the last function argument in this python script.

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python. - 1036 entries

Swap function parameters and delete all comments in python.

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