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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5087 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1502 / 1657
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap assigned value - 675 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #258 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10743 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3443 / 3710
  • Number of attempts: 4
Letter case trickery - 1650 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: #509 / 521
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3191 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: #1012 / 1088
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete unwanted lines - 431 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #222 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 1
The name of the game - 679 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #346 / 364
  • Number of attempts: 2
lamb had a little Mary - 641 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #166 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1141 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #445 / 453
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vertical Limit - 2624 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #670 / 774
  • Number of attempts: 2
Append semicolon after expressions - 1067 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #326 / 423
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1501 / 1758
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2028 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #654 / 656
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1071 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: #659 / 674
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1390 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #516 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reconstruct the Sentence - 1704 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: #447 / 448
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flodder-challenge - 1458 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #313 / 372
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13468 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #3647 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 5
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