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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

948 active golfers, 2569 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#361 - Martin Keogh / @Martin1Keogh

09/15/2014 at 04:09PM

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#362 - j00b00 / @j00b00

09/16/2014 at 12:32AM

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#363 - Michael Comerford / @MComerford1

09/16/2014 at 01:04AM

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#364 - Ryo Sakikawa / @ryosakikawa

09/17/2014 at 07:08AM

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#365 - Sergey Novozhilov / @SergeNovozhilov

09/18/2014 at 01:21AM

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#366 - Nimrod / @n1mr0d

09/19/2014 at 10:01PM

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#367 - Grigoriy Alexeev / @GrigoriyAlexeev

09/21/2014 at 06:53PM

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#368 - JamesT / @jamestrinklein

09/22/2014 at 05:23PM

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#369 - zhuochun / @zhuochun

09/24/2014 at 07:34AM

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#370 - Brian Olpin / @bolpin

09/24/2014 at 04:42PM

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#371 - Noah Ruderman / @noahc66260

09/27/2014 at 07:55AM

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#372 - Marcin Sza / @coot_

09/30/2014 at 09:12AM

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#373 - Viktor Lindström / @ViktorLindstr_m

09/30/2014 at 08:45PM

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#374 - Grisha Pushkov / @readoonly

10/02/2014 at 07:32AM

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#375 - (ﾉ●ヮ●)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ / @jaredrnorman

10/04/2014 at 03:26PM

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#376 - Chris Trotman / @solarnz

10/06/2014 at 01:08AM

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#377 - JForstreuter / @JForstr

10/06/2014 at 12:45PM

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#378 - Jonny / @Jonnytron

10/07/2014 at 07:42PM

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#379 - Violette Vanadium / @ViolettVanadium

10/08/2014 at 05:39AM

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#380 - Daniel Burnett / @mango_cheetah

10/09/2014 at 11:27PM

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#381 - Narek / @NarekCat

10/10/2014 at 06:05PM

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#382 - E Both / @enboth

10/13/2014 at 11:46PM

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#383 - CY / @wongcy0

10/17/2014 at 11:02PM

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#384 - Sebastian Korten / @FlashKorten

10/22/2014 at 02:15PM

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#385 - Jose Gutierrez / @Jogusa

10/23/2014 at 11:20AM

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#386 - Matthew Barrington / @mbarrin

10/27/2014 at 12:55AM

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#387 - Jakub Lewandowski / @kubinux

10/27/2014 at 05:45PM

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#388 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

10/27/2014 at 07:10PM

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#389 - Matt / @mcr05

10/28/2014 at 04:36PM

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#390 - Dane Summers / @dsummersl

10/29/2014 at 07:46PM