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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Swap values - 4661 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 97
  • Position: #1277 / 1282
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2915 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 103
  • Position: #855 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #1623 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3969 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 2
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3879 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #729 / 830
  • Number of attempts: 1
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