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: 30
- Position: #5138 / 7447
- Number of attempts: 1
Separate the lines - 186 entries
Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 14
- Position: #70 / 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: 8
- Position: #1240 / 1898
- Number of attempts: 2
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: 18
- Position: #199 / 460
- Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2916 entries
AaAaAaA
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #481 / 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: #370 / 641
- Number of attempts: 2
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: 9
- Position: #49 / 324
- Number of attempts: 4
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: 39
- Position: #109 / 179
- Number of attempts: 1
Missing Library and a Typo - 900 entries
I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #139 / 215
- Number of attempts: 2
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: 15
- Position: #102 / 123
- Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7953 entries
Little role switching.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #1061 / 2140
- Number of attempts: 3
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: 32
- Position: #57 / 70
- Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 17
- Position: #987 / 1138
- Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries
We should all ace this, right?
- Best score: 13
- Best player score: 21
- Position: #3482 / 3969
- Number of attempts: 1