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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Swap values - 4693 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1202 / 1289
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2927 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #769 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 5089 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1426 / 1658
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3079 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3968 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #782 / 848
  • Number of attempts: 1
Jonah Hlastala
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