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Draw the Go board - 141 entries
which is a 19×19 lines board. Here we use ascii characters only for simplicity. See diff file to get a sense. (See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game))
Words in parens - 12868 entries
We should all ace this, right?
Lookahead and Lookbehind - 68 entries
Look everywhere
It's a factor - 92 entries
Flaunt your macro prowess by factoring some numbers. Too hard? It takes less than 30 strokes, I promise.
Sort the VimGolf challenges by popularity - 346 entries
"Sort by popularity" is a good order to play the challenges. Not perfect, but you could do a lot worse. ;) Input is a sample copy-pasted from vimgolf.com. Some of the challenge names have digits that will get in your way, so read ":help :sort" for hints on sorting with a regex. When you're done, try your solution on the full list!
Extended Customer 2 - 49 entries
Format the chars
Parsing with CSV: Unify lines and result. - 167 entries
col1;col2;col3;col4 A;1;4;5 A;3;4; A;1;4; # New output: col1;col2;col3;col4 A;1(2x);3;4(3x);5 any ideas?
Fibonacci Triangles - 50 entries
Triangles
199 Fibonacci Numbers - 40 entries
Generate 199 Fibonacci Numbers using, if you like, the function S(x,y), a vimscript to sum two big numbers in reverse order.
Refactor arguments into object argument - 162 entries
A relatively common Javascript refactoring.
vim = 22 / 7 - 451 entries
pi square vim
Chinese Multiplication Table - 78 entries
Print a Chinese multiplication table in Vim. In China, every kid is asked to memorize this table. And thanks to the mono-syllabism of Chinese characters, it is not that hard. Printing the multiplication table is also a good exercise for programming beginners. For-loop, escaped characters, etc... There should be some special ways to print it in Vim.
LaTeX to XML Math Delimiters - 41 entries
Vim is amazing when used to edit MediaWiki text, but typing "<math> . . . </math>" can be tiresome and frustrating if formulas are used often. LaTeX delimiters are so concise and even come in two flavors: "\( . . . \)" for inline math and "\[ . . . \]" for centered formulas. The goal is to perform the following conversions: "\( . . . \)" becomes "<math>. . .</math>" "\[ . . . \]" becomes "<center><math>. . .</math></center>"
Define to require - 119 entries
When JSHint is enabled, there's a rule that doesn't let you have more than 6 arguments in a function, so the moment you need to add a 7th argument, you need to do a refactoring.
Minimalist Limerick - 519 entries
Reproduce this lovely poem.
Saving the hashes(#) - 2008 entries
The following file is copied from vimcasts.org(Its only for learning purpose,hope the site owner doesn't mind it), its probably the easiest of challenges.Our goal is to delete every line which doesn't contain a hash signs. The remaining hash signs with numbers are then sorted to get the final output.
Word frequency alignment - 278 entries
You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...
Circle in a square - 141 entries
Probably looks more like "Egg in a rectangle" in most fonts, but it's actually 23x23.
Execute immediate SQL - 87 entries
Sql string tranformation ...
Prefixes and suffixes - 599 entries
Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.
Coordinates placeholder - 64 entries
Place coordinates instead of target search.
XML to JSON - 45 entries
Convert this xml file into json.
Change your calendar - 363 entries
Happy New Year!
Greek Letters - 62 entries
Starting with a list of Greek letters, create a cross-reference table showing all of the Greek alpha-beta. You'll likely need to use digraphs (:help digraphs). Note that while most digraphs can be entered with either character first, lowercase sigma has two digraphs -- s* AND *s! Good luck!
Transposition - 83 entries
Transpose the original lines in separate columns, one for each line.
REDRUM - 151 entries
If you remember "The Shinning", the first time you saw the bloody word REDRUM you probably thinked "What the Hell is that?" Well, then you know that you need a little help from a looking-glass to make sense of it. Now it's time to use vim like a mirror to reveal the message.
Enumerate words - 251 entries
Enumerate the unique words in order.
Swap assigned value - 628 entries
Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.
Groups magic - 157 entries
Regexp or macros for string converting: (a) -> ___ (abc) -> ____ (abcd) -> ______ All in the '(' replace to _ multiply by char count + ()
Block Fun 1 - 190 entries
Manipulate the columns to produce desired result.
fib.c cleanup - 67 entries
cleanup the file
Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 78 entries
Not as easy as the last challenge. This time, just one space between a and b, up to 25 spaces between y and z. (Removed some lines; diff was too long.)
abcd > a b c d - 282 entries
transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line
lamb had a little Mary - 596 entries
"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.
Python: Lots of function arguments - 105 entries
The function definition is too long for one line. The modeline helps you with some typical Python indent settings.
Checkerboard case pattern - 149 entries
All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.
Readable Rubyhash - 245 entries
Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!
Chucking wood - 111 entries
An exercise in compressing repetitive text. For this challenge, any entry that uses keys outside the main row (such as arrow keys, Home, End, Delete, etc.) will be removed. (Esc is OK, though you should be using C-[ anyway.)
Flip the chessboard - 79 entries
White's turn is over. Flip the board to black's perspective. I added coordinates to frustrate you.
Extract text from xml - 110 entries
Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.
Printable ASCII characters - 136 entries
From a blank input, print all 95 printing ASCII characters one per line, from space to tilde.
A simple change - 444 entries
Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1096 entries
Oops, I spelled that wrong.
Unwrap the text of an email message - 188 entries
Reverse of "Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters". gq and gw are great for wrapping paragraphs. But sometimes other programs choke on your wrapped lines. What's the best way to un-gq?
Sort by your own sum - 74 entries
Same numbers as last time, but you'll have to add them yourself.
Sort by sum of numbers in a line(?) - 60 entries
The lines with the biggest sums need to be at the top. The sums are on the right, which makes life hard. Maybe you can find a feature that will do all the work for you...
Presidential Sorting - 50 entries
Given a nice CSV formatted arrangement of the Presidents of the United States, we need to print out an alphabetical list in pretty columns. Prove that vim can conquer this basic Excel task!
Add links to an existing HTML table - 78 entries
Add these links at that top to the respective table cell. First link, first cell, etc.
Stairs Indenting - 452 entries
Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.
Python to Ruby - 198 entries
Convert this Python code to Ruby. NOTE: This program likely won't run.