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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2725 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values inside brackets - 2507 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #570 / 582
  • 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: #600 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2890 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #787 / 855
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3865 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #805 / 873
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #669 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 200 entries

Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #105 / 107
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1122 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #406 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 2
Append semicolon after expressions - 1056 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #352 / 419
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1223 / 1749
  • Number of attempts: 2
The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #281 / 363
  • 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: #478 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 2
Increment, increment, increment.... - 692 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #23 / 410
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make Fancy Header - 1059 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #114 / 345
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort and add attributes - 1476 entries

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

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #211 / 574
  • Number of attempts: 2
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