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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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3970 active golfers, 12969 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1831 - Mitchell Horning / @HorningMitchell

07/04/2020 at 05:13PM

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#1832 - Alexandre MERLIN / @AlxMerlin

07/05/2020 at 09:39AM

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#1833 - Adrián Delgado / @Caritativito

07/12/2020 at 02:23AM

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#1834 - GenericHardwareGamer / @GnrikHrdwrGamer

08/06/2020 at 10:07PM

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#1835 - Vinay Sharma / @VinaySh63956554

08/09/2020 at 12:40PM

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#1836 - Martin Bielik / @mabielik

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08/11/2020 at 04:38PM

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#1838 - Martin Kauppinen / @MartinKauppinen

08/15/2020 at 05:05PM

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#1839 - Tanzeel Kazi / @tanzeelkazi

08/21/2020 at 06:00AM

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08/25/2020 at 03:01PM

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#1841 - denzinger / @HJDDenzinger

09/09/2020 at 09:00PM

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#1842 - Yannick / @Yannick88147038

09/12/2020 at 04:49PM

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#1843 - Just Alerik / @Just_Alerik

09/18/2020 at 04:09AM

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#1844 - Sergey Yakovlev / @selfuryon

09/25/2020 at 10:30PM

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#1845 - Brendan Schaenzer / @bschaenzer

09/29/2020 at 09:06PM

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10/05/2020 at 06:09PM

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#1847 - lamtt77 / @lamtt77

10/08/2020 at 07:16AM

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10/12/2020 at 02:37PM

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10/17/2020 at 07:14PM

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10/24/2020 at 01:57PM

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#1851 - Zack Freedman / @freedman_zack

11/07/2020 at 04:49AM

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#1852 - vimspam / @vimspam

11/09/2020 at 05:04AM

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11/10/2020 at 04:58AM

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#1854 - Ansel Bobrow / @garlicWharfRat

11/12/2020 at 03:48PM

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#1855 - Serhiy Prikhodko / @mastersnetru

11/18/2020 at 09:48AM

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#1856 - Arne Winter / @ArneWinter5

11/19/2020 at 01:45PM

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#1857 - roudens / @roudens2

12/04/2020 at 06:37AM

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#1858 - Fabrizio Perria / @FPerria

12/22/2020 at 02:37PM

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12/25/2020 at 05:36AM

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#1860 - Jon Powers / @JonKPowers

12/27/2020 at 12:40PM