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Letters are numbers

Letters and numbers are interchangeable. A lot of programming languages give you simple ways to convert individual letters to hex, binary and decimal but does Vim?

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Letters can also be numbers. Not sure how it works but it does

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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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76 active golfers, 167 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Federico Galassi / @federicogalassi

01/17/2011 at 10:18PM

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#2 - Zion Park / @zionpark93

01/04/2023 at 07:19PM

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#3 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

08/12/2012 at 07:41AM

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#4 - Conner McDaniel / @connermcd

09/25/2012 at 12:02AM

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#5 - John Braxler / @braxler

09/12/2014 at 07:28PM

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#6 - lynn / @la_lalxu

08/21/2016 at 09:56AM

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#7 - vimgolfer / @vimgolfer7

09/29/2019 at 05:19AM

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#8 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

10/10/2024 at 02:50AM

24

#9 - pftb12345 / @pftb12345

04/17/2015 at 05:41AM

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#10 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

12/24/2015 at 07:12PM

24

#11 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 11:33PM

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#12 - Bruno Sutic / @brunosutic

07/19/2013 at 04:21AM

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#13 - Douglas Stockwell / @dstockwell

12/31/2010 at 07:38PM

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#14 - Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert

12/31/2010 at 08:32PM

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#15 - Behnam Esfahbod / @zwnj

12/31/2010 at 08:59PM

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#16 - eolo999 / @eolo999

12/31/2010 at 10:45PM

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#17 - Wei Dai / @clvv42

01/01/2011 at 01:28AM

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#18 - dominique pellé / @vimgolfisto

01/03/2011 at 09:14AM

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#19 - Corey Purcell / @coreypurcell

01/03/2011 at 02:15PM

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#20 - Benoît Ryder / @benoitryder

01/03/2011 at 10:56PM

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#21 - Ujjwol Lamichhane / @Ujjwol

01/06/2011 at 02:24PM

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#22 - drio / @drio

01/10/2011 at 01:17PM

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#23 - Oleg Roshupkin / @jjjahson

01/20/2011 at 01:43PM

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#24 - xhtmlforum / @xhtmlforum

01/24/2011 at 10:21PM

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#25 - h_east (トロッコ6個) / @h_east

01/30/2011 at 03:46AM

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#26 - vg / @vimgolfer

02/27/2011 at 09:16PM

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#27 - Justin Love / @wondible

07/14/2011 at 04:24PM

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#28 - Junfeng / @junfeng

07/22/2011 at 08:33AM

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#29 - Dave / @zzdave13

07/26/2011 at 07:09PM

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#30 - Tim Tsu / @vimgolfpunk

08/29/2011 at 02:57PM