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

44885 active golfers, 510355 entries, 621 challenges

Open VimGolf challenges

Not enough Ps - 75 entries

Different type of code

Fill visual area - 123 entries

Just have fun!

Conway sequence - 30 entries

Generate the the first fifteen numbers. See here for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-and-say_sequence

Logging with key - 343 entries

Sometimes it is better to log with meaningful key

Sorting database text output - 236 entries

Sometimes it is nice to be able to quickly take column-formatted text output from the SQL command line and turn it into a list of useful data. In this case we want a unique, sorted list of the values from the second column combined into one comma-separated list. What is the fewest strokes you can do this in?

ASCII box - 378 entries

Don't forget to fix typos!

Space out the alphabet - 1693 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

Mute the second method of this script - 464 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

50 factorials mod 97 - 69 entries

List 1! to 50!, but give your answer mod 97.

Sort with uniq OpenEmbedded package names - 64 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 - 173 entries

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

Separating firstname & lastname - 182 entries

Seperate named with equal tabs.

Greek column realign - 63 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 - 249 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 - 64 entries

Convert a C data structure to a Vimscript dictionary.

Happy TvvO - 439 entries

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

range(10) digit rotation - 48 entries

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

increment by column in XML - 167 entries

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

Binary and Increment - 78 entries

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

Refactoring useless Method away - 134 entries

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

Square numbers - 141 entries

Boring math puzzle.

Hail to Alekseï Pajitnov - 57 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 - 86 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! - 213 entries

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

Just the middle - 11616 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Simple Maths - 88 entries

Not much to say, discover by yourself!

Config Sections - 80 entries

Section me!

Pretty format for variable declarations - 186 entries

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

Condensed Cases - 827 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 - 16237 entries

Oops.

Replace Parameter with Explicit Methods - 102 entries

Implementing the methods of a Java Interface

Basic renumbering - 5736 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Shift down - 237 entries

Number words are back.

learn vim in short time - 247 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

Gray area - 763 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

Winding path - 143 entries

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

That hyphen - 2646 entries

"vim vi improved"

Refactor static member invocation - 233 entries

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

Acute accents - 42 entries

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

Count both ways - 1052 entries

Right AND down.

vim1001 - 327 entries

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

Roman numerals - 106 entries

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

-a-b-c- - 3241 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Suffix sort - 301 entries

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

Comparing scores - 148 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 - 162 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 - 484 entries

Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.

NBCU Weekly Challenge - Test - 264 entries

Just testing.

120 Degrees - 517 entries

Rotate that triangle.

V to the i - 4883 entries

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

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