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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: 19
Position: #268 / 309
Number of attempts: 1

Paste a column after a column - 2537 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #157 / 553
Number of attempts: 7

Filter number combinations that don't add to 11 - 408 entries

Append the sum of each line to its end, alongside an equals sign, and remove any that do not sum to 11. The ordering of lines should stay the same. Note that the combinations are semi-arbitrary and not all 4-number combinations are present in the file.

Best score: 27
Best player score: 29
Position: #84 / 117
Number of attempts: 2

HS exam question - 1589 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

Best score: 47
Best player score: 65
Position: #159 / 417
Number of attempts: 2

Substraction (bis) - 603 entries

Solve the equations (adapted from the original @Caek_'s challenge).

Best score: 21
Best player score: 36
Position: #83 / 113
Number of attempts: 4

Python: Def to Lambda - 455 entries

LAMBDA!!!

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #94 / 156
Number of attempts: 1

Rural Post - 4479 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #242 / 1097
Number of attempts: 5

Yo To Hello - 1130 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #188 / 524
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6312 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #1161 / 1537
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #760 / 3864
Number of attempts: 8

Add semicolons - 10852 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1153 / 3063
Number of attempts: 2

Bad Copy Syntax - 2037 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 34
Position: #468 / 525
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3586 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #386 / 1162
Number of attempts: 4

Box it - 7905 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #930 / 1876
Number of attempts: 3

Search and Replace 0 - 4989 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #715 / 1624
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1369 / 4197
Number of attempts: 2

One to Ten - 2219 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #290 / 672
Number of attempts: 3

Swap assigned value - 647 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #106 / 254
Number of attempts: 6

I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 16
Position: #2707 / 4180
Number of attempts: 1

Subtraction - 180 entries

Solve the equations.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 61
Position: #61 / 62
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2445 / 3683
Number of attempts: 4

Word frequency alignment - 290 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

Best score: 5
Best player score: 6
Position: #151 / 161
Number of attempts: 1

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Vim - 420 entries

Someone has vandalized this text file and replaced the beginning character of one word in each line with a Big "X." Please remove the big X's, and fix each line to read "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog."

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #6 / 192
Number of attempts: 3

SFD-ROC: ROT13 Phonics - 101 entries

A is for apple, b is for ball, etc... This familiar phonics poem has been rotated 13 characters. Make the letter match the word.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #60 / 73
Number of attempts: 5

Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1118 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #337 / 445
Number of attempts: 4

replacing each line of a block selection - 2999 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #229 / 777
Number of attempts: 6

Append semicolon after expressions - 1056 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #137 / 419
Number of attempts: 5

Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #86 / 199
Number of attempts: 4

Remove semicolons after expressions - 654 entries

A follow-up for http://vimgolf.com/challenges/4fc9d767d3a0d4000100000e.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 7
Position: #147 / 263
Number of attempts: 1

The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #313 / 363
Number of attempts: 2

A Simple One - 1050 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: #562 / 664
Number of attempts: 2

Reverse Simple Deletion - 847 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #371 / 458
Number of attempts: 2

Increment, increment, increment.... - 688 entries

Vim likes macros

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #60 / 408
Number of attempts: 5

Context insensitive completion 0 - 577 entries

Buried in the lines you're not supposed to add is the line "Add this line!" Add that line to the top of the file.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 8
Position: #151 / 246
Number of attempts: 3

Sort and add attributes - 1451 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #379 / 563
Number of attempts: 2

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