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Quicksort - 1962 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: #213 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 4
Pick and sort servers from mirror list - 431 entries

Retrieve the primary server for each country from a mirror list file and organize them alphabetically by country name. Given a mirror list file containing server information for various countries, the objective is to extract the primary server from each country and then arrange these servers in alphabetical order based on the respective country names.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #25 / 87
  • Number of attempts: 7
Populate 3D bone names list - 629 entries

Ran into this at work, excited to see how this gets optimized

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #61 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 3
Remove line numbers - 736 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: 12
  • Position: #13 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 5
Find fix point of cos - 1402 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: 18
  • Position: #302 / 415
  • Number of attempts: 2
Insert column data on Confluence-style table - 458 entries

Add ip addresses into new "IP" column based on the last digits from the "Server" column

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #63 / 109
  • Number of attempts: 1
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 554 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #126 / 309
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paste a column after a column - 2537 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #324 / 553
  • Number of attempts: 2
Filter number combinations that don't add to 11 - 408 entries

Append the sum of each line to its end, alongside an equals sign, and remove any that do not sum to 11. The ordering of lines should stay the same. Note that the combinations are semi-arbitrary and not all 4-number combinations are present in the file.

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #20 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fizzbuzz - 573 entries

type the first 100 lines of the fizzbuzz problem

  • Best score: 45
  • Best player score: 68
  • Position: #55 / 168
  • Number of attempts: 4
Substraction (bis) - 603 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #56 / 113
  • Number of attempts: 1
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