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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

889 active golfers, 2395 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#601 - Davit Samvelyan / @DavitSamvelyan

11/13/2014 at 01:18PM

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#602 - Yuriy / @skriyka

11/19/2014 at 12:12PM

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#603 - Keyboard Fire / @KeyboardFire

11/22/2014 at 01:57PM

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#604 - Glauco Pires / @grpires

11/24/2014 at 11:43PM

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#605 - Nicolas Dascanio / @NicoDascanio

11/25/2014 at 08:30PM

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#606 - zmo / @guyzmo

11/26/2014 at 09:01AM

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#607 - .さとうにるぽ引退.swp / @nillpo

12/24/2014 at 03:38PM

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#608 - David Wright / @David27Wright

01/09/2015 at 02:34PM

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#609 - Иоаннъ / @Vaneskot

01/22/2015 at 02:10PM

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#610 - Kristijan Husak / @kristijan_husak

02/02/2015 at 02:58PM

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#611 - Martin Liberg / @marreman

02/08/2015 at 05:11PM

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#612 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

02/12/2015 at 09:16PM

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#613 - Thiago Prado / @5k1pp3r

02/21/2015 at 02:36PM

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#614 - YK / @Dongas420

03/01/2015 at 02:20AM

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#615 - Gideon VanRiette / @gidjv

03/06/2015 at 04:58AM

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#616 - TheProgrammer971 / @tp971

03/13/2015 at 10:14PM

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#617 - Kamil Laskowski / @laskowskikamil

03/19/2015 at 09:09PM

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#618 - William Ott / @oddalot

04/08/2015 at 03:26AM

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#619 - ushumpei / @ushumpei_

04/08/2015 at 02:41PM

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#620 - Lieuwe Rooijakkers / @LieuweR

04/11/2015 at 06:05PM

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#621 - Benny Wong / @bdotdub

04/13/2015 at 04:53PM

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#622 - Gracjan Grala / @gracjangrala

04/21/2015 at 11:06PM

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#623 - m a c s f / @macsf

05/07/2015 at 02:29PM

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#624 - Hugo Hismans / @HugoHismans

05/25/2015 at 02:07PM

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#625 - Stefan Knudsen / @knud32

05/29/2015 at 04:23AM

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#626 - Zack Rosen / @ZJRosen

06/04/2015 at 05:38AM

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#627 - roboguy / @roboguy

06/21/2015 at 07:14AM

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#628 - Mikołaj Morzy / @MikolajMorzy

06/22/2015 at 12:16PM

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#629 - Matteo Schmali / @schmalimatteo

07/11/2015 at 09:15PM

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#630 - Dan Piponi / @sigfpe

07/21/2015 at 12:28AM