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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #254 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 2
VimGolfNight - 575 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #329 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3197 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
lamb had a little Mary - 639 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #76 / 176
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13274 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1167 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 15
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7415 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #1633 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 2
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