VimGolfPlayed 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: 28
- Position: #4311 / 7447
- Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4643 entries
Well, swap the values...
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #1115 / 1274
- Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18776 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #2397 / 3875
- Number of attempts: 3
Separate the lines - 186 entries
Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #85 / 93
- Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4818 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 7
- Position: #501 / 1898
- Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2154 entries
This line is too long, split it.
- Best score: 15
- Best player score: 37
- Position: #618 / 635
- Number of attempts: 1
From argument to object - 1513 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: 21
- Position: #356 / 460
- Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2916 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 20
- Position: #610 / 705
- Number of attempts: 1
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: 19
- Position: #372 / 641
- Number of attempts: 1
comment and uncomment code inline - 1130 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: 18
- Position: #299 / 324
- Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11495 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #3786 / 4213
- Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1841 entries
The team names are misspelled.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #435 / 589
- 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: 40
- Position: #159 / 179
- Number of attempts: 1
Stairstep digits - 398 entries
Remove the evens. Double the odds.
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 13
- Position: #76 / 146
- Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries
Renumbering Basic.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #1044 / 1269
- Number of attempts: 1
Simple addition - 331 entries
The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #89 / 123
- Number of attempts: 3
create arrows in a list - 117 entries
Add arrow at same distance
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 10
- Position: #26 / 73
- Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 992 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
- Best score: 18
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #233 / 272
- Number of attempts: 2
Create a table - 332 entries
Convert the given input into a formatted table
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 29
- Position: #97 / 105
- 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: 19
- Position: #260 / 293
- Number of attempts: 1
Nesting SASS - 266 entries
Move a block inside another block and indent it
- Best score: 9
- Best player score: 24
- Position: #95 / 96
- Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7953 entries
Little role switching.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 23
- Position: #1965 / 2140
- Number of attempts: 1
Add Go XML to structure tags - 172 entries
The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.
- Best score: 23
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #19 / 70
- Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2425 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
- Best score: 16
- Best player score: 41
- Position: #406 / 449
- Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4308 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #1105 / 1192
- Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #3735 / 4192
- Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #3396 / 3691
- Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #3481 / 3969
- Number of attempts: 2
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: 18
- Position: #2666 / 3745
- Number of attempts: 1
