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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 50f3c2d55c891f0002000002

Word frequency alignment

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

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     align here
the	   56271872
of	  33950064
and	   29944184
to	  25956096
in	  17420636
I	 11764797
that	    11073318
was	   10078245
his	   8799755
he	  8397205
it	  8058110

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     align here
the  56271872
of   33950064
and  29944184
to   25956096
in   17420636
I    11764797
that 11073318
was  10078245
his  8799755
he   8397205
it   8058110

View Diff

2,12c2,12
< the	   56271872
< of	  33950064
< and	   29944184
< to	  25956096
< in	  17420636
< I	 11764797
< that	    11073318
< was	   10078245
< his	   8799755
< he	  8397205
< it	  8058110
---
> the  56271872
> of   33950064
> and  29944184
> to   25956096
> in   17420636
> I    11764797
> that 11073318
> was  10078245
> his  8799755
> he   8397205
> it   8058110

Solutions

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161 active golfers, 290 entries

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#31 - Aleksey Demidov / @AlekseyDemdiov

01/24/2013 at 11:56PM

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#32 - Vijay Chidambaram / @vj_chidambaram

01/25/2013 at 07:32AM

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#33 - Luan Santos / @cfcluan

01/26/2013 at 08:14AM

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01/26/2013 at 07:37PM

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#36 - Eduardo Diaz / @iamedu

01/28/2013 at 02:32AM

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01/29/2013 at 10:42AM

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#38 - Liam Wilkins / @CallMeWilkins

01/29/2013 at 08:58PM

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#39 - fabiano taddei / @Brodoblu

02/01/2013 at 09:41PM

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#40 - Steve Tjoa / @stevetjoa

02/02/2013 at 12:33AM

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#41 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

02/08/2013 at 07:43AM

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#42 - じょんあば / @john_ababa

02/10/2013 at 09:24AM

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#43 - Cameron Fowler / @camfowler

02/12/2013 at 10:07PM

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#44 - GimVolfer VimGolfer / @GimGol

02/21/2013 at 07:16PM

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#45 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

02/21/2013 at 11:22PM

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02/28/2013 at 09:32PM

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#47 - Julius Pfrommer / @dlctr

03/02/2013 at 05:28PM

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#48 - Joel Elkins / @dice_tea

03/02/2013 at 06:43PM

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03/03/2013 at 01:28PM

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03/10/2013 at 08:02AM

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#52 - Niels Madan / @nielsmadan

03/24/2013 at 07:27PM

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#53 - Volodimir Barna / @RobertoUA

03/27/2013 at 09:00AM

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#54 - Norseman Rabett / @nrabett

03/27/2013 at 02:23PM

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#55 - ict / @ict_42

03/28/2013 at 03:11PM

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#56 - Sofia Balicka / @so_phifi

03/29/2013 at 04:19PM

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#57 - outsmartin / @outsmartin

04/16/2013 at 10:34PM

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#58 - sundeepblue / @sundeepblue

04/25/2013 at 09:01PM

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#59 - Chasetopher / @chasetopherlee

04/28/2013 at 09:21PM

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