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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5167 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1521 / 1677
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap assigned value - 696 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #262 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3450 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 4
Letter case trickery - 1688 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #514 / 526
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3203 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: 20
  • Position: #1018 / 1094
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete unwanted lines - 451 entries

Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #225 / 237
  • Number of attempts: 1
The name of the game - 704 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #354 / 372
  • Number of attempts: 2
lamb had a little Mary - 659 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #167 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1166 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #453 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2641 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #676 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 2
Append semicolon after expressions - 1088 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #330 / 427
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5131 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1508 / 1766
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2041 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #656 / 659
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1094 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #667 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1419 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #520 / 544
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1757 entries

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 164
  • Position: #458 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flodder-challenge - 1512 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #322 / 380
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 37
  • Position: #3695 / 3914
  • Number of attempts: 5
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