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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 4651 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #51 / 1541
  • Number of attempts: 5
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 897 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #130 / 350
  • Number of attempts: 10
un-C-escape string - 54 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #12 / 48
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 4917 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1428 / 1701
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 - 141 entries

Somebody's got this slightly muddled up. See how quickly you can fix it. (I made this to experiment with buffers. I'm not actually sure whether this is faster with buffers or without.)

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #49 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 3
CSV to JSON - 144 entries

A search for shortest vimissh way to convert CSV to JSON.

  • Best score: 56
  • Best player score: 120
  • Position: #38 / 60
  • Number of attempts: 3
Assignment Alignment - 770 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #116 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 4
A Simple One - 923 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: 9
  • Position: #93 / 611
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse Simple Deletion - 758 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #354 / 429
  • Number of attempts: 2
Turn this csv list into queries - 192 entries

Transform each line of this csv file into a MySQL-ready INSERT query.

  • Best score: 98
  • Best player score: 118
  • Position: #42 / 92
  • Number of attempts: 4
Sort and add attributes - 1189 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #18 / 483
  • Number of attempts: 3
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