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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 5192f96ad8df110002000002

Words in parens

We should all ace this, right?

Start file

one two
three

End file

(one) (two)
(three)

View Diff

1,2c1,2
< one two
< three
---
> (one) (two)
> (three)

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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::%s/\(\a*\)/(&)/g<CR>ZZ<C-A><BS><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><BS><CR><CR>%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ/<Esc><Esc>u<Esc>/<BS>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<CR>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><CR><Esc>:w<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

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3969 active golfers, 12967 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1051 - Jonathan Jeffrey / @jonrjeffrey

12/05/2019 at 05:04AM

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#1052 - Chris Dean / @ChrisDe62379742

12/14/2019 at 07:09AM

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#1053 - Eviber / @youvaaaaa

12/17/2019 at 04:18PM

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#1054 - zqi / @zq11110320

12/26/2019 at 12:34PM

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#1055 - 임덕윤 / @SnLHUF5ZYJXqI1m

12/28/2019 at 06:24PM

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#1056 - JimmyGymglish / @JGymglish

01/02/2020 at 12:03PM

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#1057 - Paul Yates / @PYates77

01/06/2020 at 06:30PM

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#1058 - caffeineism / @caffeineism

01/07/2020 at 02:08AM

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#1059 - mowglian / @mowglian

01/11/2020 at 03:11PM

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#1060 - li / @li94938987

01/24/2020 at 12:26PM

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#1061 - Tefe / @tefetic

01/24/2020 at 08:32PM

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#1062 - Noisome Possum / @NoisomePossum

01/28/2020 at 02:39PM

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#1063 - Xiangzhuo Meng / @MengXiangzhuo

02/01/2020 at 02:30AM

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#1064 - Cas / @cascer1

02/06/2020 at 03:21PM

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#1065 - Kyle X. Clark / @KyXr_Clark

02/10/2020 at 01:34AM

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#1066 - Falafel Palapel / @falafelpalapel

02/12/2020 at 08:40PM

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#1067 - jrddp / @jrddp0

02/14/2020 at 04:53AM

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#1068 - fumiyakk / @fumiyakk

02/16/2020 at 08:41AM

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#1069 - Pham Tuan Anh / @anhpt379

02/17/2020 at 03:36AM

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#1070 - Jonathan Stinson / @KnightdeadJohn

02/18/2020 at 03:05PM

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#1071 - Andre / @5starsmug

02/18/2020 at 05:43PM

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#1072 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/19/2020 at 10:07PM

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#1073 - Mushan Yang / @mushanyoung

02/25/2020 at 02:36AM

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#1074 - Billy Nargrove / @narshah1n

02/26/2020 at 05:30PM

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#1075 - countime / @countime1

03/05/2020 at 07:15AM

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#1076 - Bashar Jaan Khan / @basharjaankhan

03/07/2020 at 10:19AM

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#1077 - golferN / @golferN3

03/10/2020 at 09:06PM

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#1078 - Sean Dewar / @seandewar

03/13/2020 at 05:01PM

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#1079 - Niklas Ydebäck / @Ydebaeck

03/17/2020 at 12:10AM

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#1080 - 杜撰 / @NOrUixDzwW4BbCP

03/19/2020 at 12:46PM