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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 53c66c482b4166000226bbee

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Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

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Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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:<Up><Up><Up>%s/[^\[\]]*/\=repeat()/g<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Left>' ', strlen()<Left>submatch(0)<CR>:wq<CR>

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572 active golfers, 1951 entries

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#451 - Daniel Burnett / @mango_cheetah

10/10/2014 at 12:51AM

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#452 - Narek / @NarekCat

10/10/2014 at 07:28PM

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#453 - Andy Zhang / @andyzg3

10/23/2014 at 03:12AM

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#454 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

10/28/2014 at 07:19PM

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#455 - Steve Lazaridis / @SteveLazaridis

11/03/2014 at 04:22PM

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#456 - Inndy / @Inndy_tw

11/06/2014 at 04:38PM

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#457 - jiangchuan / @tommy_he

11/16/2014 at 07:31PM

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#458 - Martin Toma / @MartinToma

11/16/2014 at 10:09PM

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#459 - Erik Buček / @_EnterNameHere_

11/18/2014 at 03:54PM

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#460 - Dylan Tomas Meissner / @ickypop

11/23/2014 at 01:28AM

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#461 - Malte R / @maltoe

11/30/2014 at 02:29PM

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#462 - Test User / @TestUserIgnore

12/04/2014 at 09:56PM

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#463 - Rao Zvorovski / @RaoZvorovski

12/06/2014 at 07:20PM

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#464 - Alex Serebryakov / @Doc_Livesey

12/07/2014 at 03:21PM

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#465 - Lunar Mayor / @Lunarmayor

12/17/2014 at 10:21PM

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#466 - Tact Overflow / @muppling

01/07/2015 at 01:32PM

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#467 - Raynard, Jordan / @raynard_jordan

01/19/2015 at 09:22PM

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#468 - Joshua Draper / @JoshuaBDraper

02/15/2015 at 04:07AM

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#469 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

02/18/2015 at 09:50AM

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#470 - Christopher Giroir / @kelsin5

02/20/2015 at 09:00PM

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#471 - Thiago Prado / @5k1pp3r

03/01/2015 at 08:16PM

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#472 - Deepak Surti / @dmsurti

03/16/2015 at 03:32PM

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#473 - Jeffrey Gu / @Jeffrey_Gu

03/19/2015 at 10:00PM

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#474 - VimGolf-suka / @vg_suka

03/30/2015 at 01:26PM

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#475 - William Ott / @oddalot

04/08/2015 at 04:17PM

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#476 - Andrew Larson / @applarson

04/15/2015 at 01:33PM

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#477 - we’re going to need a bigger bot / @assaflavie

04/18/2015 at 07:39PM

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#478 - chvzvhn / @chvzvhn

04/26/2015 at 06:38AM

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#479 - Alex Bartol / @alexbartol

05/19/2015 at 05:42PM

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#480 - Joel Gallant / @joelg236

06/09/2015 at 12:37AM