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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33621 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: 25
Position: #3375 / 7422
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values - 4622 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 22
Position: #1194 / 1269
Number of attempts: 1

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6318 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #58 / 1539
Number of attempts: 5

One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 17
Position: #1295 / 3865
Number of attempts: 8

citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 195 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

Best score: 6
Best player score: 6
Position: #38 / 102
Number of attempts: 3

Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 21
Position: #432 / 579
Number of attempts: 1

Unsemantic linewrapping - 928 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

Best score: 9
Best player score: 11
Position: #163 / 231
Number of attempts: 4

V to the i - 4806 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #690 / 1894
Number of attempts: 4

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2882 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #199 / 852
Number of attempts: 4

Add string initializers to an enum - 872 entries

Change Typescript enum so that it has string initializers.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 25
Position: #151 / 258
Number of attempts: 2

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1214 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

Best score: 19
Best player score: 28
Position: #149 / 249
Number of attempts: 4

Add semicolons - 10867 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 10
Position: #445 / 3065
Number of attempts: 4

Bad Copy Syntax - 2038 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 19
Position: #129 / 526
Number of attempts: 4

Split line with dots - 2144 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 25
Position: #532 / 634
Number of attempts: 1

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3590 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #311 / 1163
Number of attempts: 7

Com(m)a Trouble - 3829 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #72 / 866
Number of attempts: 9

Box it - 7906 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 24
Position: #919 / 1877
Number of attempts: 7

multiple cursor alternative - 1519 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

Best score: 19
Best player score: 20
Position: #180 / 380
Number of attempts: 6

From argument to object - 1508 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: 17
Position: #124 / 458
Number of attempts: 3

Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 749 entries

Clean and group.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 20
Position: #108 / 178
Number of attempts: 2

Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 15
Position: #357 / 703
Number of attempts: 3

Copy three lines - 2872 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #243 / 640
Number of attempts: 5

Extract argument from function - 2357 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #464 / 753
Number of attempts: 1

Search and Replace 0 - 4990 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #625 / 1625
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 12
Position: #482 / 701
Number of attempts: 1

comment and uncomment code inline - 1122 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: #134 / 322
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11458 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 7
Position: #1301 / 4199
Number of attempts: 6

Team names - 1836 entries

The team names are misspelled.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 16
Position: #246 / 588
Number of attempts: 5

Basic renumbering - 5662 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #773 / 1265
Number of attempts: 1

ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

Best score: 14
Best player score: 19
Position: #195 / 267
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7910 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #1395 / 2129
Number of attempts: 1

One to Ten - 2219 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #195 / 672
Number of attempts: 4

Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 662 entries

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #51 / 208
Number of attempts: 4

Line under headers - 2045 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

Best score: 24
Best player score: 35
Position: #370 / 504
Number of attempts: 4

Increment each number - 1023 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 21
Position: #171 / 248
Number of attempts: 1

Delete to the end of the current line - 812 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

Best score: 5
Best player score: 5
Position: #192 / 391
Number of attempts: 2

Song Transcription Oops - 243 entries

When transcribing vocal music to Canjo Tab you can start by finding the lowest note and assigning that to zero and working your way up from there. However, without fail, I tend to miscount the notes and when I am near done I find a lower note. I mark this with a "z". This means I have to increase all the previous ones by 1. just a sting of numbers :)

Best score: 15
Best player score: 36
Position: #75 / 78
Number of attempts: 1

change parenthesis - 296 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #65 / 161
Number of attempts: 2

Reorder the groups - 1181 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 23
Position: #207 / 264
Number of attempts: 2

move titles next to url, in quotes - 534 entries

had trouble with something similar

Best score: 19
Best player score: 23
Position: #104 / 141
Number of attempts: 1

Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 33
Position: #388 / 448
Number of attempts: 1

convert yml into java pojo field - 857 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

Best score: 29
Best player score: 29
Position: #78 / 227
Number of attempts: 6

Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 16
Position: #866 / 1191
Number of attempts: 3

I forgot quotes - 15990 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 14
Position: #1892 / 4182
Number of attempts: 9

-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #396 / 1138
Number of attempts: 3

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10669 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 11
Position: #1441 / 3684
Number of attempts: 3

attr_aligner - 3520 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

Best score: 19
Best player score: 41
Position: #637 / 702
Number of attempts: 2

quotes inside quotes - 3165 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

Best score: 14
Best player score: 16
Position: #659 / 1079
Number of attempts: 1

Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1035 / 3964
Number of attempts: 3

calculations - 312 entries

Complete these (weird) calculations.

Best score: 38
Best player score: 61
Position: #55 / 68
Number of attempts: 1

replacing each line of a block selection - 3001 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

Best score: 18
Best player score: 30
Position: #665 / 778
Number of attempts: 1

switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #1242 / 1749
Number of attempts: 3

Simple text editing with Vim - 12815 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1806 / 3696
Number of attempts: 2