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Played Challenges

V to the i - 4802 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1791 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2357 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #507 / 753
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4989 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1530 / 1624
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #597 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 2
learn vim in short time - 240 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #135 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #353 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 1
Suffix sort - 270 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #59 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 1
120 Degrees - 493 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #145 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #193 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 3
Where should I put the Newline? - 881 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #322 / 437
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3001 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 1
attr_aligner - 3520 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #566 / 702
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3159 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: 18
  • Position: #968 / 1078
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3066 / 3963
  • Number of attempts: 1
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