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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):

14

#121 - Marcin Szamotulski / @me_coot

10/12/2013 at 11:23PM

14

#122 - cj / @cj01101

11/21/2013 at 04:27AM

14

#123 - Tudor Barbu / @motanelu

01/09/2014 at 02:07PM

14

#124 - Joonas Pihlajamaa / @jokkebk

03/03/2014 at 01:30PM

14

#125 - Mark Inksa / @MInksaCS

05/13/2014 at 09:49PM

14

#126 - LC / @leeren

08/10/2014 at 01:19AM

14

#127 - Benny Wong / @bdotdub

07/01/2015 at 04:36PM

14

#128 - Brandon Blakeley / @zkelvin

11/25/2017 at 05:05AM

14

#129 - Johannes Riecken / @rubystallion

01/15/2020 at 07:26PM

14

#130 - tpoeiras / @tpoeirass

08/03/2021 at 04:36PM

14

#131 - shahanavaz m / @shahanavazm

02/20/2022 at 10:35PM

14

#132 - steve / @steve35773420

03/04/2023 at 04:06PM

16

#133 - Marco Ippolito / @maroloccio

05/09/2011 at 01:13AM

16

#134 - Vito / @GodFather

05/20/2013 at 12:01AM

16

#135 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

05/22/2015 at 08:44PM

16

#136 - x03n046 / @x03n046

05/23/2022 at 02:20AM

18

#137 - Joshua Moyers / @joshuamoyers

08/03/2011 at 03:37AM

18

#138 - Anton Lee / @antoshalee

08/15/2011 at 04:28PM

20

#139 - Will Gray / @graywh

05/06/2011 at 08:20PM

21

#140 - teliotoilet / @teliotoilet

10/15/2011 at 07:39AM

23

#141 - Andrés Moya / @amoyafoss

06/22/2012 at 08:13AM

42

#142 - じょんあば / @john_ababa

02/27/2012 at 12:23PM

45

#143 - POSIX / @po6ix

01/31/2022 at 06:35PM

46

#144 - Yann Moisan / @YannMoisan

01/02/2013 at 12:58PM

52

#145 - Jason Axelson / @bostonvaulter

05/10/2011 at 09:04AM

81

#146 - roy blankman / @riblankman

07/26/2011 at 08:46AM

91

#147 - Ryan / @Rdgy567889

10/01/2023 at 09:39AM

99

#148 - Robert Robotter / @robrob12

07/19/2011 at 09:13AM

176

#149 - abhijeet patil / @abhijeetptl5

09/04/2020 at 09:29AM