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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!

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268 active golfers, 778 entries

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12/29/2010 at 05:40PM

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01/01/2011 at 07:14AM

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01/01/2011 at 09:57PM

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07/17/2013 at 03:33AM

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07/29/2013 at 09:14PM

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08/09/2013 at 02:39AM

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#103 - Jonathan Kim / @jonnykim

08/27/2013 at 06:58PM

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09/01/2014 at 10:36AM

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03/14/2015 at 11:06PM

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03/17/2016 at 08:09PM

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02/19/2020 at 10:06AM

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#108 - Andrew Scala / @agscala

12/29/2010 at 06:09AM

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12/29/2010 at 07:15AM

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12/29/2010 at 07:25AM

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#111 - johnny / @johnnychm

12/29/2010 at 01:11PM

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#116 - Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert

12/31/2010 at 09:35PM

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#119 - David Lam / @lamdk

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