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Played Challenges

Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1657 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #85 / 556
Number of attempts: 4

Plotting some variables in python - 1661 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: 35
Position: #60 / 348
Number of attempts: 4

Transpose a python matrix - 873 entries

Rotate the matrix in 90 degrees.

Best score: 23
Best player score: 24
Position: #24 / 138
Number of attempts: 7

Lowercase first characters - 487 entries

This is the (abridged) input for Day 3 in Advent of Code 2019. The output is a format more suitable for Prolog programming: the two lines of input become two lists of pairs, joined together in a wires functor.

Best score: 33
Best player score: 37
Position: #77 / 183
Number of attempts: 1

Increment number for every 10 lines - 230 entries

The file consists of 2 columns (code and percentage). We need to add 2 more columns with increasing number for 4th column (Xcols) and increment 3rd column (Ycols) only for every 10 lines with reset of 4th column

Best score: 25
Best player score: 28
Position: #20 / 64
Number of attempts: 3

Inverting Lines - 1900 entries

A simple challenge to invert all lines, except the first.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #246 / 511
Number of attempts: 6

Modernise code - 1400 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

Best score: 34
Best player score: 45
Position: #188 / 323
Number of attempts: 1

Rural Post - 4479 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #403 / 1097
Number of attempts: 6

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: 23
Position: #2746 / 7420
Number of attempts: 5

Get mail address from outlook format - 649 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #96 / 204
Number of attempts: 1

Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

Best score: 11
Best player score: 14
Position: #780 / 1268
Number of attempts: 2

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6308 entries

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

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #540 / 1537
Number of attempts: 7

One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 15
Position: #817 / 3864
Number of attempts: 8

Quote modules - 1084 entries

Complete golang import statement.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #90 / 281
Number of attempts: 6

Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

Best score: 14
Best player score: 14
Position: #84 / 579
Number of attempts: 3

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: 16
Position: #216 / 231
Number of attempts: 1

V to the i - 4802 entries

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

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #1446 / 1893
Number of attempts: 2

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2880 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 14
Position: #453 / 851
Number of attempts: 2

Add semicolons - 10852 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

Best score: 10
Best player score: 11
Position: #1404 / 3063
Number of attempts: 5

Bad Copy Syntax - 2037 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #261 / 525
Number of attempts: 2

Split line with dots - 2144 entries

This line is too long, split it.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #156 / 634
Number of attempts: 2

remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3586 entries

easy stuff

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #387 / 1162
Number of attempts: 4

Com(m)a Trouble - 3823 entries

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

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #302 / 865
Number of attempts: 7

Box it - 7905 entries

Create a box around a line.

Best score: 21
Best player score: 22
Position: #533 / 1876
Number of attempts: 5

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: 26
Position: #318 / 380
Number of attempts: 1

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: 18
Position: #260 / 458
Number of attempts: 4

Every other line - 2910 entries

AaAaAaA

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #255 / 703
Number of attempts: 13

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: 14
Position: #384 / 753
Number of attempts: 3

That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

Best score: 9
Best player score: 10
Position: #274 / 701
Number of attempts: 5

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: 10
Position: #212 / 322
Number of attempts: 4

Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

Best score: 7
Best player score: 8
Position: #3041 / 4197
Number of attempts: 2

Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 261 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

Best score: 7
Best player score: 9
Position: #137 / 141
Number of attempts: 1

Basic renumbering - 5648 entries

Renumbering Basic.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #298 / 1264
Number of attempts: 1

Vice versa - 7907 entries

Little role switching.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 13
Position: #834 / 2128
Number of attempts: 2

Align commas - 1095 entries

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 19
Position: #213 / 246
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: 13
Position: #391 / 672
Number of attempts: 1

Line under headers - 2044 entries

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

Best score: 24
Best player score: 27
Position: #166 / 503
Number of attempts: 2

Increment each number - 1023 entries

Increment each number individually by one

Best score: 15
Best player score: 15
Position: #48 / 248
Number of attempts: 9

Array transposition - 2417 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

Best score: 16
Best player score: 17
Position: #160 / 448
Number of attempts: 7

Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

Best score: 12
Best player score: 12
Position: #476 / 1190
Number of attempts: 3

Space out the alphabet - 1657 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

Best score: 15
Best player score: 16
Position: #131 / 444
Number of attempts: 4

Fix the XML - 1039 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

Best score: 18
Best player score: 24
Position: #146 / 290
Number of attempts: 4

I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

Best score: 10
Best player score: 14
Position: #1945 / 4180
Number of attempts: 4

-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #404 / 1137
Number of attempts: 4

Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #87 / 354
Number of attempts: 5

Mess in revision history - 1184 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

Best score: 17
Best player score: 29
Position: #198 / 250
Number of attempts: 3

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #2446 / 3683
Number of attempts: 1

attr_aligner - 3520 entries

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

Best score: 19
Best player score: 23
Position: #232 / 702
Number of attempts: 2

quotes inside quotes - 3159 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: 15
Position: #503 / 1078
Number of attempts: 3

Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

Best score: 13
Best player score: 15
Position: #1814 / 3963
Number of attempts: 1

SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1606 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

Best score: 8
Best player score: 14
Position: #380 / 446
Number of attempts: 1

Saving the hashes(#) - 2063 entries

The following file is copied from vimcasts.org(Its only for learning purpose,hope the site owner doesn't mind it), its probably the easiest of challenges.Our goal is to delete every line which doesn't contain a hash signs. The remaining hash signs with numbers are then sorted to get the final output.

Best score: 20
Best player score: 21
Position: #123 / 480
Number of attempts: 7

Vertical Limit - 2538 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Best score: 21
Best player score: 23
Position: #254 / 754
Number of attempts: 4

replacing each line of a block selection - 2999 entries

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

Best score: 18
Best player score: 20
Position: #292 / 777
Number of attempts: 7

Switch function arguments - 2139 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #321 / 663
Number of attempts: 3

Append semicolon after expressions - 1056 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Best score: 11
Best player score: 12
Position: #252 / 419
Number of attempts: 2

switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

Best score: 11
Best player score: 13
Position: #1248 / 1748
Number of attempts: 1

Make it more readable - 2005 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #191 / 650
Number of attempts: 5

remove dupes from array - 1358 entries

given a random string that contains a ruby-esque array, make sure that there are no duplicate elements

Best score: 17
Best player score: 22
Position: #185 / 336
Number of attempts: 1

The Cake is a Lie - 1346 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

Best score: 9
Best player score: 9
Position: #260 / 527
Number of attempts: 2

Change the content of a string - 1580 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

Best score: 22
Best player score: 23
Position: #309 / 588
Number of attempts: 1

Sort and add attributes - 1451 entries

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

Best score: 33
Best player score: 34
Position: #371 / 563
Number of attempts: 2

Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3665 entries

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

Best score: 16
Best player score: 22
Position: #323 / 787
Number of attempts: 6

Simple text editing with Vim - 12811 entries

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

Best score: 13
Best player score: 14
Position: #1852 / 3694
Number of attempts: 3

Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6982 entries

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

Best score: 28
Best player score: 39
Position: #757 / 1706
Number of attempts: 1

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