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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 4d1aaf2fb11838287d000036

Reverse characters in a line

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

Start file

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

End file

zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba

View Diff

--- in	2010-12-28 19:41:39.000000000 -0800
+++ out	2010-12-28 19:41:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba

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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245 active golfers, 685 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

11/26/2012 at 03:04PM

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#2 - xavier kt / @xav_kt

02/04/2013 at 11:50PM

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#3 - Adam Bell / @adamgbell

03/29/2013 at 10:01PM

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#4 - Brent Carmer / @brent_carmer

04/08/2013 at 05:02AM

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#5 - Marco Hinz / @_mhinz_

05/21/2013 at 02:43PM

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#6 - John Braxler / @braxler

05/07/2014 at 12:52PM

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#7 - Johannes H. / @neVexa

10/30/2014 at 01:08PM

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#8 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

11/24/2015 at 08:50AM

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#9 - lynn / @la_lalxu

09/05/2016 at 02:27PM

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#10 - Daniel / @Daniel00288663

04/03/2017 at 03:44PM

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#11 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/26/2017 at 11:08AM

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#12 - martin tourneboeuf / @martintournebo1

02/05/2018 at 07:34PM

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#13 - Iury Adones / @Iury_Adones

05/08/2018 at 05:40PM

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#14 - Quark / @PuzzleQuark

12/11/2018 at 09:02PM

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#15 - Smylers / @Smylers2

02/22/2019 at 10:40AM

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#16 - Eric Banisadr / @EBanisadr

09/06/2019 at 04:05PM

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#17 - Vgrbwat / @vgrbwat

06/10/2021 at 08:22PM

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#18 - russellzhaomao / @russellzhaomao

05/29/2022 at 11:53AM

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#19 - Janzen / @__Coos

09/16/2022 at 09:52AM

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#20 - Qing Liu / @poeminlash

09/20/2022 at 03:02AM

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#21 - Andrii Soldatenko / @a_soldatenko

10/08/2022 at 03:59PM

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#22 - Zion Park / @zionpark93

01/08/2023 at 03:13AM

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#23 - Sailesh Mittal / @saileshmittal

01/09/2011 at 09:13AM

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#24 - Clive Evans / @swish_bob

01/17/2011 at 11:28PM

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#25 - Matthieu Honel / @ocus

01/28/2011 at 05:26PM

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#26 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

06/11/2011 at 12:25AM

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#27 - Johan Sveholm / @rymdtjuren

06/24/2011 at 04:35AM

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#28 - Sammasati / @sammasati0

07/15/2011 at 06:11PM

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#29 - Jim Infield / @jinfield

07/19/2011 at 02:48PM

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#30 - Jason Then / @racc69

08/09/2011 at 04:25AM