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Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #790 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2291 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1224 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 2
Delete unwanted lines - 423 entries

Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #43 / 231
  • 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: #81 / 480
  • Number of attempts: 5
replacing each line of a block selection - 3005 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #429 / 779
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1083 / 1749
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13017 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1108 / 3745
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7173 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #537 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 2
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