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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 559e6360b6f8bd0f17010b61

Make HTML List

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

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<ul>
	<li>item1</li>
	<li>item2</li>
	<li>item3</li>
	<li>item4</li>
	<li>item5</li>
</ul>

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> 	<li>item1</li>
> 	<li>item2</li>
> 	<li>item3</li>
> 	<li>item4</li>
> 	<li>item5</li>
> </ul>

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#180 Austin Wood / indiesquidge - Score: 51 - 01/27/16 @ 17:46 
cc<ul><Esc>pA,<Esc>:s:\w*:\t<li>&</li>\r:g<CR>4k<C-V>4jdGi</ul><Esc>ZZ

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#181 Kevin R / TheKevinthDay - Score: 51 - 05/12/16 @ 20:48 
i<ul><CR><Esc>A<CR></ul><Esc>:%s/,/\r/g<CR>qz>>i<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>k^q4@zZZ

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#182 Defts = DvToons / defts - Score: 51 - 07/22/16 @ 13:18 
:%s/,/<\/li>\r/g<CR>A</li><CR></ul><Esc>ggi<ul><CR><Esc><C-V>4jI<Tab><li><Esc>ZZ

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#183 George Angelopoulos / g_usermod - Score: 51 - 11/20/17 @ 15:31 
qqf,r<CR>q3@qqqI<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>kq4@q>}O<ul><Esc><<Go<BS></ul><Esc>ZZ

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#184 Abdo Achkar / Achkar - Score: 52 - 07/12/15 @ 17:15 
ddi<ul><CR><Esc>5i<Tab><li>item1</li><CR><BS><Esc>i</ul><Esc>4kf1<C-A>j2<C-A>jr4jr5ZZ

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#185 Test / goodbyetest1248 - Score: 52 - 07/24/15 @ 15:53 
O<ul><Esc>jo</ul><Esc>kI<Tab><Esc>:s/,/\r\t/g<CR>qqI<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>kq4@qZZ

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#186 Thomas Draper / QuanTom561 - Score: 52 - 09/27/15 @ 03:40 
:s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>ggI<li><Esc>gvllly$Pup<C-V>GA/<Esc>gv>O<BS><ul><Esc>YGpa/<Esc>ZZ

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#187 Ralf Gueldemeister / rgueldem - Score: 52 - 10/05/15 @ 20:48 
:%s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>ggI<li><Esc>$<C-V>4jA</li><Esc>O<ul><Esc>Go</ul><Esc>kV4k>ZZ

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#188 Rene Tianco / murlockslol - Score: 52 - 10/29/15 @ 05:01 
:%s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>ggI<li><Esc>$<C-V>4jA</li><Esc>O<ul><Esc>Go</ul><Esc>kV4k>ZZ

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#189 Roberto Gongora / roberttt1005 - Score: 52 - 10/29/15 @ 23:45 
:%s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>ggI<li><Esc>$<C-V>4jA</li><Esc>O<ul><Esc>Go</ul><Esc>kv4k>ZZ

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#190 John Smith / literacyisgood - Score: 52 - 02/08/16 @ 04:20 
:s/,/<\/li>\r\t<li>/g<CR>A</li><CR><BS></ul><Esc>:t0<CR>lx+i<Tab><li><Esc>ZZ

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#191 Eric Potter / pottereric - Score: 52 - 05/02/16 @ 17:25 
:s/,/\r/g<CR>:%s/\S\+/\t<li>&<\/li><CR>o<BS></ul><Esc>ggO<BS><ul><Esc>ZZ

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#192 Oliver Christ / 0liverChrist - Score: 52 - 07/12/16 @ 22:38 
:s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>gg<End>I<li><Esc>gvA</li><Esc>VG>O<BS><l<BS>ul><Esc>Go<BS></ul><Esc>ZZ

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#193 David / dododavid006 - Score: 53 - 08/28/15 @ 14:59 
:s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>4kI<li><Esc>$<C-V>4jA</li><Esc>VG>O<ul><Esc>V<Go</ul><Esc>V<ZZ

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#194 Hello World / CrisTsanNtua - Score: 53 - 09/27/15 @ 12:50 
cc<ul><Esc>pA,<Esc>:s/\(item.\)./\t<li>\1<\/li>\r/g<CR>i</ul><Esc>ZZ

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#195 Sukovec / Sukovec - Score: 53 - 05/11/16 @ 14:17 
:s/,/<C-V><CR>/g<CR>:%s/.*/<li>\0<\/li>/<CR>o</ul><C-O>gg<ul><CR><Esc>5>>:wq<CR>

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#196 Louis Caruana / louiecaruana - Score: 54 - 07/15/15 @ 04:54 
:s?,?</li><C-V><CR><C-V><Tab><li>?g<CR>A</li><CR></ul><Esc>0dw:.t0<CR>lx<CR>I<Tab><li><Esc>ZZ

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#197 Veritas / _VeritasL - Score: 54 - 08/13/15 @ 18:31 
:%s/\v(item.),*/\t<li>\1<\/li>\r/g<CR>i<ul><Esc>ggO<BS><C-R>.<Esc>Ga/<Esc>ZZ

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#198 Aurélien Lair / aurelien_lair - Score: 54 - 11/14/15 @ 14:04 
:s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>ggI<li><Esc>$<C-V>4jA</li><Esc>O<ul><Esc>Go</ul><Esc>k^<C-V>4kI<Tab><Esc>ZZ

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#199 Izabel Jelenić / IzabelJelenic - Score: 54 - 12/22/15 @ 20:23 
:s:,:\r:g<CR>:%s:.*:<li>&<\/li><CR>ggVG>O<ul><Esc><<Go</ul><Esc><<ZZ

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#200 Doru-Mihai Muntean / dorumihai - Score: 54 - 12/01/16 @ 23:15 
i<ul><CR><Tab>l<BS><li><Esc>:s/,/<\/li>\r\t<li>/g<CR>A</li><CR><BS></ul><Esc>:wq<CR>

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#201 broella3 / broella3 - Score: 55 - 08/20/15 @ 14:49 
i<Tab><Esc>:%s/,/\r\t/g<CR>:%s/i.*/<li>&<\/li><CR>o<BS></ul><Esc>ggO<BS><ul><Esc>ZZ

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#202 Stefan Knudsen / knud32 - Score: 55 - 11/01/15 @ 21:42 
:s/,/<C-V><CR>/g<CR><C-V>ggI<Tab><li><Esc>l<C-V>Gf>y$p<C-V>Gf<A/<Esc>YPXlxphrufiDYGpa/<Esc>ZZ

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#203 Wandering ponderer / 0proxycon - Score: 56 - 07/11/15 @ 23:06 
i<ul><CR><li><Esc>:s/<BS>;<<BS>,;</li>\r<li>;g<CR>A</li><CR></ul><Esc>2Gv5jk>ZZ

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#204 Paul Inc / hiniol1982 - Score: 56 - 07/13/17 @ 20:01 
:s/,/\r/g<CR>:%s/\w\+/<li>\0<\/li>/<CR><C-V>ggI<Tab><Esc>O<BS><ul><Esc>:.t6<CR>a/<Esc>ZZ

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#205 Toni Češarek / CesarekToni - Score: 57 - 07/28/15 @ 19:32 
i,<Esc>:s/,/\r\t/g|%s/\w*\d/<li>&<\/li>/g<CR>ggi<l<C-H>ul><Esc>yyGpa/<Esc>ZZ

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#206 Evan Arduino / itachireuhssure - Score: 58 - 08/21/15 @ 02:06 
qai<li><Esc>f,a<BS></li><CR><Esc>q4@a$a</li><CR></ul><Esc>1ggO<ul><Esc>2gg<C-V>6ggI<Tab><Esc>ZZ

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#207 Francis / francis_vega - Score: 58 - 09/04/15 @ 15:35 
O<ul><Esc>jo</ul><Esc>kI<Tab><Esc>:s/,/|r<BS><BS>\r\t\<BS>/g<CR>qqI<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>kq4@qZZ

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#208 David Aguilera / davilera - Score: 58 - 08/11/16 @ 14:20 
I<ul><CR><Tab><li><Esc>A</li><CR><BS></ul><Esc>:%s/,/<\/li>\\rt<BS><BS><BS>r\t<li>/g<CR>:x<CR>

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#209 Gerald Tilma / GeraldTilma - Score: 59 - 10/17/15 @ 21:24 
:s/\(item.\)/<li>\1<\/li>/g<CR>:s/,/\r/g<CR>gg5>>O<BS><ul><Esc>yyGpa/<Esc>ZZ

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#210 Theodore DeRego / tedsta0 - Score: 59 - 12/08/15 @ 04:08 
O<ul><Esc>VyGpa/<Esc>:%s/,/<\/li>\r/g<CR>A</li><Esc>:%s/it/\t<li>it/g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#211 z0c / zerocabal - Score: 60 - 06/11/18 @ 16:26 
i<ul><CR><Esc>:%s/i/<<BS>\t<li>i/g<CR>:%s/<BS>#,#</li>\r#g<CR>$a</li><CR><BS></ul><Esc>ZZ

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#212 vimgolf5555 / h849718 - Score: 61 - 10/15/15 @ 11:02 
i<ul><CR><li><Esc>:s/,/<\/li>\r<li>/g<CR>$a</li><CR></ul><Esc>:2,6><CR>:zz<CR>:ZZ<CR>ZZ

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#213 Michael Dykman / MichaelDykman - Score: 61 - 04/29/16 @ 15:49 
:s/,/<C-V><CR><C-V><Tab>/g<CR>A</li><Esc>-.-.-.-.0i<ul><CR><Tab><Esc>wi<li><Esc>+.+.+.+.o<BS></ul><Esc>ZZ

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#214 WLIU / weichih654 - Score: 65 - 08/27/15 @ 11:08 
:s/^/<ul>\r\t<li>/|s/5/5<\/li>\r<\/ul>/|%s/,/<\/li>\r\t<li>/g|wq<CR>

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#215 Mark Maglana / markmaglana - Score: 65 - 10/20/15 @ 07:43 
:%s/,\|$/<\/li>\r/g<CR>i</ul><Esc>ggO<ul><Esc>jI<li><Esc>j.j.j.j.4k^<C-V>jjjjI<Tab><Esc>:wq<CR>

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#216 Nicola A / aitkenster - Score: 66 - 07/16/15 @ 16:51 
:%s/,/\r/g<CR>:%s/^/\t<li>/g<CR>:%s/$/<\/<BS><BS>\/li>/g<CR>o<BS></ul><Esc>ggO<BS><ul><Esc>:wq<CR>

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#217 Jeanno / JeannoHS - Score: 66 - 07/29/15 @ 04:36 
O<rl<BS><BS>ul><Esc>jo</<BS>/ul><Esc><Up>kI<Esc><Down>kI<Esc><Down>I<Tab><Esc>:s/,/\r\t/g<CR>qqI<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>kq4@qZZ

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#218 江裕诚 / fatjyc - Score: 68 - 07/14/15 @ 14:48 
:/s=/<BS><BS><BS><BS>s/\v(id<BS>tem\d),?/\t<li>\1<\/li<BS><BS><BS><BS>\/li>\r/g<CR>i</ul><Esc>:t0<CR>lxZZ

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#219 Rudolfs Sohn / rudolf_son - Score: 69 - 08/28/15 @ 18:12 
cw<li><C-R><C-O>"</li><Del><CR><Esc>....<Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down></<Esc>i</ul><Esc>ggO<ul><Esc><CR><C-V>4j$I<Tab><Esc>ZZ

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#220 adrien frediani / fredianiadrien - Score: 69 - 01/04/16 @ 20:07 
:%s/,/\r/g<CR><C-V>kkkkI<li>$<BS><Esc><Esc>A<Esc><C-V>jjjjA</li><Esc>o<Esc>uO<ul><Esc>j0<C-V>jjjjI<Tab><Esc>Go<BS></ul><Esc>ZZ

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#221 Hendrik Lammers / hendriklammers - Score: 70 - 07/16/15 @ 19:25 
O<ul><Esc>yyjpa/<Esc>kbqqf,x<Esc>qddO<Tab><li></li><Esc>cititem1<Esc>yy4pf1r2jr3jr4j55r5<C-P>jr5ZZ

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#222 Brandon Milam / jbmilam950 - Score: 103 - 07/09/15 @ 17:32 
qqfii<li><C-C><C-C>f,xi</li><C-C><C-C>q4@qA</li><CR></ul><C-C><C-C>HO<ul><C-C><C-C>jbqqf>f>a<CR><C-C><C-C>q3@qvxkkkki<li><C-C><C-C>wwr<al<BS>/li><CR><C-C><C-C>jkkVjjjj<Tab>>ZZ

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#223 Евгения Харламова / MadWomaZ - Score: 195 - 07/20/15 @ 17:20 
i<ul><Esc>A</ul><Esc>:s\(\w\d\),*/\t<li>\q<\/li>\r/g<CR>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha<CR><Esc>:s/,/<\.<BS>\<BS>/li>/g<CR>wwlla<CR><Esc>llllllllla<CR><Esc>llllllllla<CR><Esc>llllllllla<CR><Esc>lllla<CR><Esc>kk$hhhhveelyjp0kkkk<C-V>jjjjI<Tab><Esc>jkl<C-V>jjjjI<li><Esc>:wq<CR>

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#224 s-hue / hue1127 - Score: 208 - 07/14/15 @ 00:24 
i<ul><Esc>A<\<BS>/ul><Esc>:s\(\w\d\),*/\t<li>\q<\/li>\r/g<CR>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha<CR><Esc>:<BS>:s/,/<\.<BS>/li>/g<CR>wwlla<CR><Esc>llllllllla<CR><Esc>llllllllla<CR><Esc>llllllllla<CR><Esc>lllla<CR>k<BS><Esc>kk$hhhhveelyjp0kkkk<C-V>jjjjI<Tab><Esc>jkl<C-V>jjjjjkI<li><Esc>j<Esc>:w<CR><Esc>:wq!<CR>

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Created by: compilejason

224 active golfers, 756 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):
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#1 - E Both / enboth

04/18/2016 at 12:22AM

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#2 - Stephen Aument / saument

09/04/2016 at 03:45AM

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#3 - Nico / _Nico_Caro

10/04/2016 at 10:04PM

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#4 - Baine Wedlock / BaineWedlock

08/13/2017 at 03:25PM

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#5 - ParasamGateZero / ParasamGateZero

02/16/2018 at 07:04AM

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#6 - Guirec CORBEL / GuirecCorbel

04/08/2018 at 09:38AM

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#7 - John Braxler / braxler

10/14/2015 at 02:07PM

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#8 - Urtica dioica / udioica

10/15/2015 at 10:55PM

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#9 - Justin Sermeno / justinsermeno

10/30/2015 at 12:29AM

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#10 - jackliusr / jackliusr

01/12/2016 at 10:18AM

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#11 - Aleksey Zhidkov / AlexeyZhidkov

01/23/2016 at 06:32AM

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#12 - Dinesh Bhosale / MrDineshBhosale

04/01/2016 at 12:14PM

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#13 - John Goes / johnwgoes

05/08/2016 at 07:40PM

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#14 - Jon Krause / jkrause314

07/06/2016 at 03:04AM

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#15 - jdupont655 / jdupont655

09/02/2016 at 04:07PM

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#16 - trx / trxdbg

10/13/2016 at 10:11AM

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#17 - 梧桐王子 / WutongYujie

05/04/2017 at 01:26PM

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#18 - Mutter Mumble / muttermumble

07/09/2015 at 07:51PM

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#19 - Louis Burke / LambdaABeta

07/09/2015 at 08:30PM

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#20 - David Willming / wdialvmeo

07/10/2015 at 03:39AM

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#21 - James Pringle / mathbyjames

07/10/2015 at 07:19PM

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#22 - Steffen Köhler / Baertierchen

07/12/2015 at 12:01AM

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#23 - Petro Тrouq / zulolosi

07/13/2015 at 05:07AM

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#24 - Aaron Fresh / AaronFresh7

07/13/2015 at 08:55AM

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#25 - Peter B / l0wm4x

07/31/2015 at 09:02PM

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#26 - Ferdev vimgolf / fergvimgolf

08/07/2015 at 10:51PM

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#27 - Дима Давыдов / xaykot

08/14/2015 at 09:03PM

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#28 - Nick Xiao / nicoster

08/22/2015 at 03:24AM

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#29 - Paulo Romeira / pauloromeira

08/23/2015 at 07:13PM

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#30 - Mike Adams / davis_cromwell

09/27/2015 at 10:07PM