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Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 540629666a1e4000020d9e5a

-a-b-c-

Put hyphens everywhere.

Start file

abcdefghijklm

End file

-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-

View Diff

1c1
< abcdefghijklm
---
> -a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-

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!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

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Created by: @udioica Tweet

915 active golfers, 2469 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#331 - madka / @lachrimae_pavan

09/04/2014 at 12:47AM

15

#332 - Carlos López / @morrizon

09/04/2014 at 01:07PM

15

#333 - Vim Golfer / @golfing_vim

09/04/2014 at 03:29PM

15

#334 - April Gentle / @chen327684096

09/05/2014 at 06:52AM

15

#335 - iamevn / @iamevn

09/05/2014 at 08:15PM

15

#336 - Florent F. / @floff01

09/07/2014 at 06:06PM

15

#337 - Blaž Kranjc / @c2leader

09/08/2014 at 12:28PM

15

#338 - mnx / @mnxx

09/09/2014 at 11:11AM

15

#339 - Zapata / @Incredible_JFP

09/09/2014 at 10:19PM

15

#340 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

09/10/2014 at 12:04PM

15

#341 - i5513 / @i5513

09/12/2014 at 09:27PM

15

#342 - Wayne Franklin / @waf1waf

09/14/2014 at 01:20AM

15

#343 - Michael Wang / @micwang6

09/14/2014 at 08:39PM

15

#344 - Giovanni Garufi / @garufi_giovanni

09/14/2014 at 09:17PM

15

#345 - Martin Keogh / @Martin1Keogh

09/15/2014 at 04:09PM

15

#346 - j00b00 / @j00b00

09/16/2014 at 12:32AM

15

#347 - Michael Comerford / @MComerford1

09/16/2014 at 01:04AM

15

#348 - Ryo Sakikawa / @ryosakikawa

09/17/2014 at 07:08AM

15

#349 - Sergey Novozhilov / @SergeNovozhilov

09/18/2014 at 01:21AM

15

#350 - Nimrod / @n1mr0d

09/19/2014 at 10:01PM

15

#351 - Grigoriy Alexeev / @GrigoriyAlexeev

09/21/2014 at 06:53PM

15

#352 - JamesT / @jamestrinklein

09/22/2014 at 05:23PM

15

#353 - zhuochun / @zhuochun

09/24/2014 at 07:34AM

15

#354 - Brian Olpin / @bolpin

09/24/2014 at 04:42PM

15

#355 - Noah Ruderman / @noahc66260

09/27/2014 at 07:55AM

15

#356 - Marcin Sza / @coot_

09/30/2014 at 09:12AM

15

#357 - Viktor Lindström / @ViktorLindstr_m

09/30/2014 at 08:45PM

15

#358 - Grisha Pushkov / @readoonly

10/02/2014 at 07:32AM

15

#359 - (ﾉ●ヮ●)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ / @jaredrnorman

10/04/2014 at 03:26PM

15

#360 - Chris Trotman / @solarnz

10/06/2014 at 01:08AM