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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 53c66c482b4166000226bbee

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Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

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[1:100]
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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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:<Up><Up><Up>%s/[^\[\]]*/\=repeat()/g<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Left>' ', strlen()<Left>submatch(0)<CR>:wq<CR>

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571 active golfers, 1948 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#511 - Spacesh1p / @spacesh1pdev

01/04/2018 at 10:26AM

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#512 - Pereant osores / @viniciusxp

04/30/2018 at 08:04AM

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#513 - z0c / @zerocabal

06/06/2018 at 02:00PM

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#514 - ハヤシ / @0__098

07/25/2018 at 02:07PM

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#515 - Jurica / @Jurica34581259

11/16/2018 at 12:27PM

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#516 - PJ Frazer / @pj_frazer

11/22/2018 at 05:41PM

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#517 - Michael Lemur / @mlemur123

11/28/2018 at 08:44AM

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#518 - Graham Singer / @grahamsinger

01/19/2019 at 10:55PM

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#519 - churaki / @churaki

01/26/2019 at 04:55AM

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#520 - Zach Russell / @ZacharyRRussell

02/07/2019 at 04:21PM

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#521 - Mateen Ulhaq / @sicariusnoctis

02/12/2019 at 09:05AM

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#522 - Phoon / @justflashhim

05/10/2019 at 07:43PM

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#523 - Frank / @fschoenm

07/22/2019 at 11:18AM

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#524 - Christian / @paierlep

09/03/2019 at 10:14PM

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#525 - Hans Lidiki / @HLidiki

09/07/2019 at 06:21PM

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#526 - Timo Böhm / @TimoBohm

11/27/2019 at 07:32AM

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#527 - Rory Smith / @alan0buchanan

09/14/2021 at 12:07AM

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#528 - RobertT / @techrt2050

07/22/2014 at 03:35AM

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#529 - James Ryland Miller / @longhornxtreme

07/29/2014 at 05:44AM

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#530 - Alex / @ninjabassist777

07/30/2014 at 11:16PM

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#531 - Justin Knag / @justinknag

08/28/2014 at 12:07PM

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#532 - Cory Knapp / @coryknapp

09/26/2015 at 02:31AM

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#533 - Jakob Schöttl / @jschoettl

12/20/2015 at 04:37AM

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#534 - Feras / @faldah

04/24/2016 at 01:15AM

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#535 - pankaj singh / @pankajsingh013

01/16/2019 at 10:54AM

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#536 - Oren Koriat / @KoriatOren

01/17/2019 at 06:11PM

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#537 - Jens / @jigfox

05/16/2022 at 06:09AM

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#538 - Julius Hövel / @JulesFH

07/20/2014 at 03:16PM

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#539 - Ryan O'Donnell / @bt_ryanodonnell

08/08/2014 at 03:58PM

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#540 - Jonas / @j0na3

09/13/2014 at 10:00PM