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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

End file

     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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#61 - Tresifina / @Tresifina

05/23/2013 at 08:11PM

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#62 - Marco Hinz / @_mhinz_

05/23/2013 at 09:55PM

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07/28/2013 at 11:37AM

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08/08/2013 at 08:53PM

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#74 - Drew Neil / @nelstrom

08/27/2013 at 09:50AM

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08/27/2013 at 06:35PM

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08/29/2013 at 05:43PM

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09/05/2013 at 12:29PM

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09/12/2013 at 10:58PM

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12/21/2013 at 02:35AM

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#83 - João Paiva / @jgpaiva

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#86 - Felipe Jaramillo F / @mrfelipe

04/16/2014 at 05:47AM

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#87 - John Braxler / @braxler

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#88 - Chaitanya Desu / @ChaituNu

05/11/2014 at 04:29AM

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#89 - Robert Bruce / @therealrobru

06/11/2014 at 12:47AM

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#90 - magizbox / @rain_1024

07/13/2014 at 03:40AM