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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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3979 active golfers, 13005 entries

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#1771 - Melvin Cheung / @MelvinCheung

11/07/2019 at 06:13PM

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#1772 - Ebi / @ehan6

11/10/2019 at 01:04PM

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#1773 - 周之越 / @zhiyue_zhou

11/11/2019 at 06:41AM

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#1774 - mogitate / @mutemeat

11/16/2019 at 07:45AM

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#1775 - bassnecter / @lothedr

11/23/2019 at 04:04PM

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#1776 - oldandslow / @oldandslow5

11/29/2019 at 06:36PM

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#1777 - Vim Player / @PlayerVim

11/30/2019 at 09:15AM

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#1778 - Lion de Bell / @CLGBamboo

11/30/2019 at 11:38PM

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#1779 - David / @dalbertom

12/01/2019 at 09:39PM

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#1780 - zigford / @zigford_org

12/06/2019 at 11:30AM

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#1781 - HypoTech / @Obongoetco

12/08/2019 at 11:29AM

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#1782 - Καράτε Μόνο / @karate_mono

12/13/2019 at 04:05PM

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#1783 - Dan Kilman / @dan_kilman

12/18/2019 at 09:02PM

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#1784 - James Casey / @hanavi

12/21/2019 at 03:09AM

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#1785 - hokonch / @hokonch

12/24/2019 at 01:10AM

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#1786 - Delon / @delonleonard

12/25/2019 at 03:19AM

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#1787 - None / @sh1chuang

12/30/2019 at 01:01PM

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#1788 - Scott Smith / @Scottaino

01/06/2020 at 07:02PM

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#1789 - nicosierra / @nicosierra84

01/09/2020 at 10:04PM

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#1790 - lev / @nouvelliu

01/14/2020 at 01:23AM

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#1791 - Karnival K / @K4rnival

01/15/2020 at 07:47PM

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#1792 - meow / @xckodut

01/18/2020 at 12:27AM

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#1793 - Jean-Francois Parent / @hacker_pyrat

01/19/2020 at 03:05AM

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#1794 - Thomas Jung / @ThomasAJung

01/21/2020 at 10:34AM

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#1795 - Michael Meixner / @meixner62

01/22/2020 at 01:35PM

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#1796 - Renns / @Renns95250521

02/09/2020 at 10:00AM

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#1797 - stretchy / @stretch11013132

02/16/2020 at 04:13PM

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#1798 - KingYames / @JamesZeHunter

02/17/2020 at 03:50AM

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#1799 - perTheGolfer / @GolferPer

02/17/2020 at 08:24PM

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#1800 - TimMcGuire / @mcguire

02/17/2020 at 11:09PM