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Extract argument from function - 2364 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #668 / 755
  • Number of attempts: 1
Two become one - 713 entries

We have two c arrays and want to make one two dimensional out of it. Can we do that?

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #183 / 208
  • Number of attempts: 1
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.

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 227
  • Position: #36 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #3248 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 1
attr_aligner - 3522 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #623 / 703
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3165 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: 17
  • Position: #822 / 1079
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3803 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12971 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3045 / 3733
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7150 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #1277 / 1753
  • Number of attempts: 1
Chris Davison
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Knowledge seeker. 한국어 배우고 있다. Engineer. Minimalist in training.

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