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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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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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587 active golfers, 2025 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#151 - Amir Kremer / @AmirKremer

07/20/2014 at 11:31AM

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#152 - Joey Twiddle / @joeytwiddle

07/20/2014 at 06:57PM

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#153 - Pedro Santos / @pedrosans

07/21/2014 at 07:36PM

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#154 - Milind Ganjoo / @mganjoo

07/24/2014 at 06:28AM

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#155 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

07/25/2014 at 09:40AM

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#156 - Joakim Hansen / @gnofs

07/29/2014 at 11:50PM

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#157 - Guillaume Perrin / @Jojolejobar

08/02/2014 at 06:48PM

12

#158 - madka / @lachrimae_pavan

08/02/2014 at 11:57PM

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#159 - PLS / @jaegd

08/06/2014 at 05:52AM

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#160 - T / @tea_sea

08/06/2014 at 01:08PM

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#161 - Jake Elder / @JpegMe

08/07/2014 at 09:08PM

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#162 - LC / @leeren

08/09/2014 at 09:26AM

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#163 - Pepe / @GomTvIneluki

08/14/2014 at 10:58PM

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#164 - booom / @ateukme

08/18/2014 at 09:01PM

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#165 - Marcin Radomski / @_dextero

08/19/2014 at 02:12PM

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#166 - Fan Zhang / @2bDeactivat3d

08/22/2014 at 08:57AM

12

#167 - April Gentle / @chen327684096

08/22/2014 at 12:33PM

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#168 - Vim Golfer / @golfing_vim

08/24/2014 at 12:11PM

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#169 - dylan / @dcourv

09/06/2014 at 07:04PM

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#170 - Jeff / @just_geophree

09/13/2014 at 08:39PM

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#171 - Mundi / @MarcusMundi

09/14/2014 at 04:57PM

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#172 - vim doof / @vimdoof

10/07/2014 at 03:34PM

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#173 - Charles H. Leggett / @cleggett

10/27/2014 at 04:30PM

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#174 - Kongqun Yang / @KongqunY

10/28/2014 at 05:17AM

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#175 - Dane Summers / @dsummersl

10/31/2014 at 12:55PM

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#176 - John Smith / @temp_soraismus

11/19/2014 at 06:15AM

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#177 - Andrew Leung / @aleungpivotal

12/22/2014 at 05:37PM

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#178 - Alex Birdsall / @OilCanSamson

12/22/2014 at 09:23PM

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#179 - mark0829 / @mark0829

01/27/2015 at 11:44PM

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#180 - no name / @vimgol

01/30/2015 at 03:54PM