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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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[1:100]
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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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#61 - Smylers / @Smylers2

02/11/2016 at 12:06PM

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#62 - Michael Buckley / @apolatg

02/13/2016 at 09:26PM

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#63 - Jaron Hamlik / @jdhamlik

02/27/2016 at 04:24AM

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#64 - Mister Knister / @vimgolf_ctrl_x

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#65 - Dinesh Bhosale / @MrDineshBhosale

04/01/2016 at 01:42PM

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#66 - Alex Ch / @_AlexCh_

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#67 - John Goes / @johnwgoes

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#68 - John Doe Sr. / @johndoe67890543

05/23/2016 at 10:47PM

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#69 - jdupont655 / @jdupont655

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#70 - Stephen Aument / @saument

09/04/2016 at 03:19AM

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#71 - loki2441 / @loki2441

09/11/2016 at 12:30AM

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#72 - manbogot / @gmanbor

10/02/2016 at 09:40AM

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10/03/2016 at 06:32PM

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10/05/2016 at 02:49PM

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#76 - Arca Artem / @arcaartem

12/29/2016 at 11:33PM

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#77 - Pierre Maoui / @poupougnac

12/31/2016 at 11:01AM

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#78 - Zhihong Liu / @pieapple03

02/21/2017 at 02:13AM

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#79 - Alexander Bessonov / @nonsleepr

03/15/2017 at 11:00PM

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#80 - Ilya Shakirov / @aelaau

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#81 - Solomon / @Trugbildjaeger

04/02/2017 at 10:32AM

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#82 - 梧桐王子 / @WutongYujie

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#83 - Chris Robertson / @chrisxrobertson

05/22/2017 at 12:18PM

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#84 - Melvin Cheung / @MelvinCheung

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#85 - John Smith / @johns32768

06/17/2017 at 04:42PM

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#86 - Bennett Bernardoni / @BBernardoni

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#87 - 杨洋 / @176795444

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#88 - Benoit Mortgat / @Benoit_Mortgat

11/14/2017 at 01:51PM

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#89 - BarbaJol / @drpproteus

01/06/2018 at 11:44AM

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#90 - Dominic Z / @thammaaa

01/24/2018 at 12:38PM