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Quicksort - 2038 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #202 / 452
  • Number of attempts: 4
Remove line numbers - 747 entries

From http://web.archive.org/web/20140831121704/http://dirac.org/linux/gdb/02a-Memory_Layout_And_The_Stack.php#investigatingthestackwithgdb.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #189 / 200
  • Number of attempts: 1
Find fix point of cos - 1432 entries

Write a function to find the fix point of cos. It is not a good code; It is just to use vim. Inspired by the excellent https://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about the Y combinator.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #352 / 424
  • Number of attempts: 4
Paste a column after a column - 2610 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #473 / 566
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat symbols in list - 1635 entries

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #305 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 2
Substraction (bis) - 619 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 103
  • Position: #101 / 114
  • Number of attempts: 5
Poorly indented Python comments - 1328 entries

Fix the alignment of some Python comments as quickly as possible.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #187 / 223
  • Number of attempts: 2
Many duplicates - 1459 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #255 / 476
  • Number of attempts: 2
delete swap - 1814 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #415 / 565
  • Number of attempts: 5
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1664 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #498 / 559
  • Number of attempts: 2
hello-world-vimgolf - 2506 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #636 / 713
  • Number of attempts: 1
CSV to MD format - 429 entries

To convert a CSV list to Markdown list

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 100
  • Position: #75 / 96
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18801 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1043 / 3882
  • Number of attempts: 3
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