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vim = 22 / 7 - 475 entries

pi square vim

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #124 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 1
Interweave two blocks of text - 659 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #175 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extended Customer 2 - 49 entries

Format the chars

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 92
  • Position: #19 / 21
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap assigned value - 647 entries

Simple problem but looking for interesting solutions.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #220 / 254
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1889 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 1
It's a factor - 104 entries

Flaunt your macro prowess by factoring some numbers. Too hard? It takes less than 30 strokes, I promise.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 88
  • Position: #24 / 38
  • Number of attempts: 1
REDRUM - 166 entries

If you remember "The Shinning", the first time you saw the bloody word REDRUM you probably thinked "What the Hell is that?" Well, then you know that you need a little help from a looking-glass to make sense of it. Now it's time to use vim like a mirror to reveal the message.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #44 / 65
  • Number of attempts: 1
Checkerboard case pattern - 164 entries

All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #35 / 61
  • Number of attempts: 1
NATO phonetic alphabet - 529 entries

Transform the series of words into a list.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #166 / 196
  • Number of attempts: 1
A simple change - 461 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #87 / 191
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairs Indenting - 473 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #102 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 2
Create an alphabet diamond - 105 entries

Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #20 / 32
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1118 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #186 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make the circuit grid! - 101 entries

Copy this command for a circuit layout program to create 10 total smd commands. Increment the number in quotes to name each pad, and add 0.7 to each of the (X Y) coordinates at the end of each line.

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 53
  • Position: #47 / 50
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #740 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 36
  • Position: #154 / 166
  • Number of attempts: 1
Getters & Setters: Java - 207 entries

Boilerplate getters & setters - it's a tedious fact of life in Java, and probably the only thing that still pulls me back to an IDE. Perhaps someone knows a fast, pure vim way...

  • Best score: 89
  • Best player score: 134
  • Position: #44 / 58
  • Number of attempts: 1
Java Array2List - 233 entries

Convert an java array initializer into a list.

  • Best score: 67
  • Best player score: 126
  • Position: #73 / 87
  • Number of attempts: 2
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