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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4d1db1b8de2f897c2a00014a

Reverse Simple Deletion

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

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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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i<Right><CR><Esc>.u<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Right>.<Esc>:wq<CR>

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457 active golfers, 845 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#301 - Nicholas Lee-Hone / @NicholasLeeHone

10/16/2014 at 09:12PM

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#302 - Jose Gutierrez / @Jogusa

10/24/2014 at 01:35PM

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#303 - Akira Sasaki / @hikomimo

11/23/2014 at 07:08AM

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#304 - Matt / @mcr05

01/13/2015 at 09:57PM

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#305 - Alexander Kazakov / @volandkot

04/02/2015 at 09:29AM

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#306 - Tom Richards / @the_tomrichards

04/03/2015 at 04:56PM

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#307 - mark0829 / @mark0829

04/07/2015 at 04:35AM

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#308 - pftb12345 / @pftb12345

04/12/2015 at 12:54PM

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#309 - James Baird / @jlbaird3

05/04/2015 at 02:43AM

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#310 - Adrien Fabre / @statox42

05/24/2015 at 06:44PM

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#311 - Evan Coleman / @edc1591

07/07/2015 at 03:22PM

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#312 - sabotage / @ay3uXCqqzZw8uvl

08/05/2015 at 04:56PM

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#313 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

10/19/2015 at 12:54PM

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#314 - Zack Bleach / @zackbleach

11/27/2015 at 07:26PM

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#315 - Mendel Simon / @agentms11

12/07/2015 at 10:25PM

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#316 - fuck GFW / @ravishGFW

01/06/2016 at 11:31AM

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#317 - Etienne Tremel / @etiennetremel

02/09/2016 at 09:35PM

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#318 - Jaron Hamlik / @jdhamlik

02/27/2016 at 09:23AM

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#319 - f3lixx / @f3lixx

02/27/2016 at 02:32PM

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#320 - Cristian Lupașcu / @clupasq

03/18/2016 at 08:49PM

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#321 - Dimitar Dimitrov / @kurkale6ka

03/23/2016 at 03:39PM

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#322 - ramandeep randhawa / @rsrandhawa

04/11/2016 at 03:51AM

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#323 - Ben Hill / @KaizenSoze70

06/13/2016 at 11:57AM

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#324 - George Angelopoulos / @g_usermod

08/05/2016 at 07:03PM

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#325 - Kyouma / @kyoumaJohn

10/14/2016 at 08:58PM

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#326 - Will / @obiwan__k3n00bi

10/17/2016 at 06:32AM

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#327 - squdle / @squdle

06/17/2017 at 07:55AM

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#328 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

07/16/2017 at 03:27PM

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#329 - Brandon Blakeley / @zkelvin

11/25/2017 at 07:01AM

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#330 - 블랙미디 9월내한해라🥺 / @hautass

02/01/2018 at 06:23AM