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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

SFD-ROC: Tic-Tac-Toe - 159 entries

Tic-Tac-Toe You are 'X', and it is your turn. Stop 'O' from winning, and complete the game. Draw a diagonal line through your winning row of three X's.

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #19 / 54
  • Number of attempts: 2
The name of the game - 665 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #297 / 360
  • 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: 9
  • Position: #170 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 5
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #18 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 3
Multiplication table. - 232 entries

Create a multiplication table.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 310
  • Position: #65 / 68
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 1995 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #121 / 649
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: #99 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sort entries based on date - 392 entries

Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #55 / 117
  • Number of attempts: 4
Numbering a List - 1931 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #213 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 4
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1244 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #150 / 406
  • Number of attempts: 5
Assignment Alignment - 883 entries

line up the operators. Use spaces, not tabs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #65 / 220
  • Number of attempts: 9
Round Round - 299 entries

Round Round

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #33 / 87
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse Simple Deletion - 847 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #213 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 1046 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #53 / 343
  • Number of attempts: 4

Contributed Challenges

Replacing some words - 428 entries

How fast could it be?

constructor - 182 entries

coding a constructor for a simple class

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entered into 14 challenges

contributed 2 challenges