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Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #910 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 3
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1249 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #376 / 407
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1057 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: #110 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 3
Ruby 1.9 compat - 640 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #192 / 236
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment, increment, increment.... - 696 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #155 / 411
  • Number of attempts: 2
Hatsuyume - 540 entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #152 / 187
  • Number of attempts: 3
Almost encrypted - 204 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #12 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse characters in a line - 778 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #117 / 268
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get rid of html tags - 412 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #53 / 238
  • Number of attempts: 3
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