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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

41910 active golfers, 485022 entries, 612 challenges

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Sort with uniq OpenEmbedded package names - 45 entries

For each line take 4th dirname of path. For example: "alsa-utils", "gawk-3.1.5", ... But! But if previous result is "files", take 3rd dirname instead. For example: "mktemp", "mklibs" ... If version is present in package name (dash is the separator character), take it. For example: "apt-0.9.9.4" prevails over "apt". And finally, use sort -u to get unique names!

Winning streak - 135 entries

Make the number on each line equal the consecutive L's or W's.

Separating firstname & lastname - 154 entries

Seperate named with equal tabs.

Greek column realign - 51 entries

Oops one letter is missing! Shift down the second column to insert nu letter. Symbol can be entered using: <C-K>n*

Wget failed to download redirections - 202 entries

Output of a wget session, where 302 where not properly handled due to certificate problems, has been saved to a file. Keep the correct URLs to start again downloading.

C to VimDict - 53 entries

Convert a C data structure to a Vimscript dictionary.

Happy TvvO - 427 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

range(10) digit rotation - 38 entries

This is a data generator challenge or some kind of gift..

increment by column in XML - 152 entries

modify an arbitrary "column" in an xml table by incrementing a an arbitrary placeholder string

Binary and Increment - 56 entries

Some numbers fun: not only increasing numbers but also increasing binary.

Refactoring useless Method away - 117 entries

Real-life challenge, convert a bunch of ifs to a switch statement

Square numbers - 123 entries

Boring math puzzle.

Hail to Alekseï Pajitnov - 43 entries

Wanna play tetris? Don't panic, it's quite long but there's no piece rotation. Little advice: source the file, Luke!

JSON string rotation - 64 entries

Right value strings are misplaced. Just rotate them! I'm too kind with you guys and didn't included "strings with \" in it"!

Test everything! - 186 entries

... and build the desired input data structure. Transform a list of values into a non-trivial format.

Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Simple Maths - 57 entries

Not much to say, discover by yourself!

Config Sections - 53 entries

Section me!

Pretty format for variable declarations - 170 entries

Project standards demand the equal signs must be aligned for better readability.

Condensed Cases - 807 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

Replace Parameter with Explicit Methods - 76 entries

Implementing the methods of a Java Interface

Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Shift down - 209 entries

Number words are back.

learn vim in short time - 240 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Winding path - 122 entries

It's a maze, but the bad paths have been blocked off. Mark the correct path.

That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

Refactor static member invocation - 199 entries

Someone used a static method. Refactor the method into a static import while fixing the assertion.

Acute accents - 33 entries

Featuring all 17 lowercase letters with an acute accent digraph. Find a way to automate the digraphs.

Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

vim1001 - 307 entries

change number 1001 into a "vim1001 sequence". (My first challenge, hope it is not too bad... )

Roman numerals - 81 entries

Use the substitutions on top to convert unary to Roman numerals.

-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Suffix sort - 270 entries

Sort from the end of the line, as if the letters in each line were reversed.

Comparing scores - 112 entries

If Alice and Bob both did the challenge, put their entries together in the top paragraph, so we can compare their scores more easily.

NBCU Weekly Challenge - #0 - 139 entries

One of our favorites lines here at NBCU! p.s. The first version of #0 was deleted due to me copy/pasting a HTML entity. Congrats to the one who figured that out, you are a true ninja warrior!

Lisp Condense - 460 entries

Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.

NBCU Weekly Challenge - Test - 253 entries

Just testing.

120 Degrees - 505 entries

Rotate that triangle.

V to the i - 4824 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

Subtraction - 180 entries

Solve the equations.

Change name of a variable - 180 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

Don't know what this is - 2024 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

Neither Fizz nor Buzz - 257 entries

Not your regular increment macro! The gaps are tricky.

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1164 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Shuffle puzzle - 346 entries

Sort the lines in each indent group, and sort the groups. That's the pattern. Or just move lines around manually to get a better score.

Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

HTML formatting: vertical alignment for readability - 88 entries

We did this a VimGolf challenge at work and now that we have finished I want to see if you guys can come up with something even better than we could. Our best solution was 44 keystrokes.

Extract argument from function - 2372 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

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