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HS exam question - 1596 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 86
  • Position: #291 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 1
Generate a very basic Python constructor (fixed) - 1277 entries

Original by @BiddulphCaleb (http://www.vimgolf.com/challenges/6019f1c4642668000cee11e8) - had some extra spaces in output file.

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 66
  • Position: #243 / 274
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 11
  • Position: #144 / 559
  • Number of attempts: 3
Plotting some variables in python - 1671 entries

4 sets of (x,y) variables to plot. Just increment the numbers! Well, let's change the colors of the lines as well. Oh and we meant to plot the absolute values of course.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #202 / 349
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1004 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #887 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reverse Simple Deletion - 857 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #365 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3795 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #246 / 816
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13134 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1942 / 3776
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7258 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #1361 / 1790
  • Number of attempts: 2
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