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We did this a VimGolf challenge at work and now that we have finished I want to see if you guys can come up with something even better than we could. Our best solution was 44 keystrokes.

Start file

<table>
<thead>
<th>
<th id="first_name">First Name</th>
<th id="last_name">Last Name</th>
<th id="address">Address</th>
<th id="city">City</th>
<th id="state">State</th>
<th id="zip_postal">Zip</th>
<th id="country">Country</th>
<th id="phone">Phone</th>
</th>
</thead>
</table>

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<table>
	<thead>
		<th>
		<th id="first_name"> First Name</th>
		<th id="last_name "> Last Name </th>
		<th id="address   "> Address   </th>
		<th id="city      "> City      </th>
		<th id="state     "> State     </th>
		<th id="zip_postal"> Zip       </th>
		<th id="country   "> Country   </th>
		<th id="phone     "> Phone     </th>
		</th>
	</thead>
</table>

View Diff

2,13c2,13
< <thead>
< <th>
< <th id="first_name">First Name</th>
< <th id="last_name">Last Name</th>
< <th id="address">Address</th>
< <th id="city">City</th>
< <th id="state">State</th>
< <th id="zip_postal">Zip</th>
< <th id="country">Country</th>
< <th id="phone">Phone</th>
< </th>
< </thead>
---
> 	<thead>
> 		<th>
> 		<th id="first_name"> First Name</th>
> 		<th id="last_name "> Last Name </th>
> 		<th id="address   "> Address   </th>
> 		<th id="city      "> City      </th>
> 		<th id="state     "> State     </th>
> 		<th id="zip_postal"> Zip       </th>
> 		<th id="country   "> Country   </th>
> 		<th id="phone     "> Phone     </th>
> 		</th>
> 	</thead>

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#36 Chris Davison / @davisonnn - Score: 227 - 05/24/14 @ 23:25

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