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Played Challenges

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 554 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #22 / 309
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #4246 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #584 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2405 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4802 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1109 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3823 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #460 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 2
multiple cursor alternative - 1519 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #106 / 380
  • Number of attempts: 3
From argument to object - 1508 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #210 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1122 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #180 / 322
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2474 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract HTML option values from tag values - 110 entries

Generate HTML option values from the text in the option tag. If the text contains multiple words, replace the spaces with an underscore and convert all capital letters to small letters.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #35 / 44
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1836 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #292 / 588
  • Number of attempts: 4
Make HTML List - 1050 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #183 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 1
Un"finnish"ed Work - 116 entries

Replace å by a, ä by a and ö by o.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #26 / 60
  • Number of attempts: 1
Todo list specification - 399 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #41 / 179
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 261 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #55 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 1
Interactive git rebase changing commands - 172 entries

How to change the action of some commits in git rebase dialog.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #26 / 79
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #182 / 448
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2574 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2802 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 2
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