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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: 29
  • Position: #4680 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #879 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2865 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4818 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1174 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #426 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2916 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #547 / 705
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #434 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3454 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 5
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 264 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #57 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1190 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 869 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #206 / 293
  • Number of attempts: 1
replace 2nd column blanks with values in same column if blank - 242 entries

Where ,SOMELOGB and ,SOMELOGC replaces each /r carriage return if 2nd column is blank. The replace only happens if 2nd column is blank though and should replace up to the non blank row.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #62 / 83
  • Number of attempts: 2
Paragraph sort - 450 entries

My large herbivorous mammals, Vim commands, and POSIX utilities need to be sorted separately.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #118 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2425 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #372 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3134 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13017 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2504 / 3745
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stephan Bugnon
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Software engineer at NXP. Former student at: Oregon State University, CPE Lyon, Université de Nice.

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