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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 4dab05bff1161c5a78000011

Sort the cardinal numbers

Maybe a simple challenge.

Start file

Zero
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seventeen
Sixteen
Fifteen
Fourteen
Thirteen
Twelve
Eleven
Ten
Nine
Eight
Seven
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-one

End file

Zero
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-one

View Diff

8,17d7
< Seventeen
< Sixteen
< Fifteen
< Fourteen
< Thirteen
< Twelve
< Eleven
< Ten
< Nine
< Eight
18a9,18
> Eight
> Nine
> Ten
> Eleven
> Twelve
> Thirteen
> Fourteen
> Fifteen
> Sixteen
> Seventeen

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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Created by: @h_east Tweet

149 active golfers, 315 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#61 - Mikael Gustavsson / @slvmnd

04/18/2011 at 03:22PM

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#62 - Balkoth / @_Balkoth_

04/18/2011 at 05:59PM

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05/10/2012 at 09:11AM

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05/23/2019 at 11:23AM

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#65 - Sigurður Ægir Jónsso / @siggiae

06/19/2019 at 09:31PM

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#66 - Kenny Low / @kennylow

09/20/2019 at 01:19PM

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#67 - Brendan Schaenzer / @bschaenzer

09/30/2020 at 10:22PM

13

#68 - int@紅ぽよ / @int_cl

10/07/2020 at 06:15AM

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#69 - blabla zincou / @BZincou

03/22/2022 at 06:27PM

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#70 - Brando / @brandonce

02/12/2025 at 08:37AM

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#71 - xhtmlforum / @xhtmlforum

04/17/2011 at 05:34PM

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#72 - Pete Johns / @johnsyweb

04/17/2011 at 10:11PM

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#73 - Malaney / @iamjh

04/18/2011 at 05:15AM

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#74 - Tomasz Zurkowski / @doriath88

04/18/2011 at 10:35AM

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#75 - Dmitry Teslenko / @krab_mozga

04/18/2011 at 12:08PM

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#76 - Abhishek Mukherjee / @abhishekmukherg

04/18/2011 at 05:31PM

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#77 - Dragan Cvetinovic / @kawkafi

04/19/2011 at 08:42PM

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#78 - Sam / @dtjohnnymonkey

04/19/2011 at 10:43PM

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#79 - Andrey A. Ugolnik / @andreyugolnik

04/20/2011 at 10:56PM

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#80 - Zak Johnson / @zakj

04/21/2011 at 01:57AM

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#81 - h_east (トロッコ6個) / @h_east

04/23/2011 at 08:24AM

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#82 - こばばー / @symmet

04/24/2011 at 12:34PM

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#83 - Mohammed / @mbadran

05/11/2011 at 06:50AM

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#84 - Ian McCowan / @valrus

05/29/2011 at 07:02PM

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#85 - mightyfoo / @mightyfoo

05/30/2011 at 06:10PM

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#86 - Jean-Rene David / @jeanrenedavid

06/11/2011 at 09:43PM

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#87 - not so punk :] / @notsopunk

06/19/2011 at 08:32AM

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#88 - Dan Masquelier / @danmasq

07/01/2011 at 09:58PM

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#89 - Øystein Walle / @oysteinwalle

07/05/2011 at 04:04PM

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#90 - Dave / @zzdave13

07/14/2011 at 10:32PM