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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: 23
Position: #2628 / 7442
Number of attempts: 5

Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #615 / 1274
Number of attempts: 2

One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 20
Position: #2193 / 3870
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4813 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #573 / 1897
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2915 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #346 / 704
Number of attempts: 3

Extract argument from function - 2364 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #359 / 755
Number of attempts: 4

Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #877 / 1630
Number of attempts: 3

Number Sort - 314 entries

sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #51 / 166
Number of attempts: 1

comment and uncomment code inline - 1124 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: #96 / 323
Number of attempts: 3

Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #2678 / 4209
Number of attempts: 3

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: #146 / 179
Number of attempts: 1

For all cases. - 161 entries

In this case... change it! :) Watch the line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 8
Position: #59 / 106
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #122 / 1269
Number of attempts: 1

Adam's challenge - 987 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: 22
Position: #189 / 271
Number of attempts: 1

Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 867 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: 13
Position: #115 / 292
Number of attempts: 3

Nesting SASS - 266 entries

Move a block inside another block and indent it

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #38 / 96
Number of attempts: 2

Combines all items - 313 entries

For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #66 / 140
Number of attempts: 2

Pretty multi-line bash - 235 entries

Bash line continuations are much prettier when they're column aligned.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 24
Position: #52 / 77
Number of attempts: 1

7th Birthday - 202 entries

We have a bunch of numbers written from 0 to 9 in the order present in the text input file. The task is to create 7 by replacing the numbers with dashes.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 22
Position: #35 / 75
Number of attempts: 3

Order and join - 985 entries

There's something special about the input order.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 13
Position: #190 / 260
Number of attempts: 1

Angular naming conventions - 320 entries

In angular, a directive name follows the camelCase convention. When the directive is used in an HTML template, the words are instead separated by a dash. Go from to the other the fastest!

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #75 / 118
Number of attempts: 1

Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #376 / 1191
Number of attempts: 4

VimGolfNight - 566 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #259 / 348
Number of attempts: 1

Condensed Cases - 804 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #190 / 247
Number of attempts: 1

Happy TvvO - 427 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #133 / 206
Number of attempts: 2

I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 18
Position: #3296 / 4189
Number of attempts: 1

-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #370 / 1138
Number of attempts: 4

Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1158 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #93 / 300
Number of attempts: 4

Where should I put the Newline? - 881 entries

Help me put the newline.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #391 / 437
Number of attempts: 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2325 / 3689
Number of attempts: 3

Letter case trickery - 1630 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #160 / 518
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 19
Position: #3146 / 3969
Number of attempts: 1

Prefixes and suffixes - 635 entries

Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 23
Position: #63 / 201
Number of attempts: 5

The name of the game - 671 entries

End up with the name of the game.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #320 / 362
Number of attempts: 2

Switch function arguments - 2142 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #305 / 665
Number of attempts: 1

Remove noise from HTTP log - 717 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #120 / 273
Number of attempts: 3

switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #940 / 1749
Number of attempts: 3

The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #279 / 363
Number of attempts: 1

imports alignment (python) - 700 entries

Align as one import per line.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 24
Position: #125 / 198
Number of attempts: 1

Numbering a List - 1935 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 13
Position: #32 / 654
Number of attempts: 1

Sort and add attributes - 1477 entries

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

Best score: 33
Best player score: 37
Position: #468 / 575
Number of attempts: 1