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: 29
- Position: #4883 / 7447
- Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18776 entries
Just give me the numbers.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 19
- Position: #1894 / 3875
- Number of attempts: 6
V to the i - 4818 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
- Best score: 7
- Best player score: 9
- Position: #1723 / 1898
- Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2897 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 18
- Position: #684 / 857
- Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10887 entries
Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 27
- Position: #2939 / 3074
- Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7916 entries
Create a box around a line.
- Best score: 21
- Best player score: 35
- Position: #1616 / 1881
- 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: 22
- Position: #399 / 460
- 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: 12
- Position: #270 / 324
- Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries
Renumbering Basic.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 25
- Position: #1159 / 1269
- Number of attempts: 4
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: 26
- Position: #246 / 272
- Number of attempts: 2
Reorder the groups - 1182 entries
Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.
- Best score: 14
- Best player score: 30
- Position: #244 / 265
- Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4308 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
- Best score: 12
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #739 / 1192
- Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries
Oops.
- Best score: 10
- Best player score: 15
- Position: #2307 / 4192
- Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 12
- Position: #2391 / 3691
- Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2147 entries
How to switch two arguments of a function.
- Best score: 11
- Best player score: 16
- Position: #616 / 666
- Number of attempts: 2
Case preserving word replacement - 454 entries
Half way through my project, my people turned into dogs. Now I have to change everything in my source.
- Best score: 19
- Best player score: 33
- Position: #174 / 180
- Number of attempts: 1
Reformat some Python - 626 entries
Fix some very bizarrely laid-out code.
- Best score: 34
- Best player score: 44
- Position: #141 / 239
- Number of attempts: 1
