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Word frequency alignment - 290 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #156 / 161
  • 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: 42
  • Position: #457 / 480
  • Number of attempts: 1
Multiplication table. - 232 entries

Create a multiplication table.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 116
  • Position: #56 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 2
formatted text to markdown - 184 entries

You're converting some posts from an old blog to markdown. The formatted text is far closer to the finished product than the html markup, so it seems like a good place to start. Word wrapping seems to be the main area for optimization.

  • Best score: 70
  • Best player score: 98
  • Position: #67 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 21
  • Position: #92 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 1
imports alignment (python) - 700 entries

Align as one import per line.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #171 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rotating Philosophers Problem - 410 entries

Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #149 / 166
  • Number of attempts: 1
expand a list comprehension (python) - 333 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

  • Best score: 42
  • Best player score: 67
  • Position: #94 / 109
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1931 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #294 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 1999 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #413 / 516
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1050 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #218 / 664
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse Simple Deletion - 847 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #204 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 2
The Cake is a Lie - 1346 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #419 / 527
  • Number of attempts: 1
Almost encrypted - 204 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #70 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 1
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