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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 540629666a1e4000020d9e5a

-a-b-c-

Put hyphens everywhere.

Start file

abcdefghijklm

End file

-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-

View Diff

1c1
< abcdefghijklm
---
> -a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-

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!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

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Created by: @udioica Tweet

1145 active golfers, 3237 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#871 - alibabadienstaccount / @alibabadiensta1

11/06/2019 at 11:41AM

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#872 - AbnerZheng / @ZhengAbner

04/24/2020 at 09:16AM

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#873 - jackmark / @jackmar14540583

07/11/2020 at 05:07AM

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#874 - Martin Kauppinen / @MartinKauppinen

08/16/2020 at 03:02PM

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#875 - Gaganpreet / @_gagan

10/04/2020 at 11:53AM

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#876 - Kevin / @KevbotSSBM

01/18/2021 at 07:12PM

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#877 - Alex Davis / @AlexDav75555918

01/20/2021 at 10:46PM

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#878 - thari.eth / @thari_eth

11/14/2021 at 12:32PM

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#879 - Jens / @jigfox

05/20/2022 at 12:33PM

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#880 - x03n046 / @x03n046

05/25/2022 at 05:30AM

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#881 - James Marshall / @astrophd

10/13/2022 at 09:34PM

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#882 - 0xf00ff00f / @0xf00ff00f

12/17/2022 at 07:29PM

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#883 - phaym / @phaym

10/18/2025 at 04:37PM

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#884 - Nıklas Rıeken / @ttnick

04/22/2026 at 06:48AM

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#885 - Dmitry Teslenko / @krab_mozga

09/03/2014 at 08:47AM

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#886 - CJ Avilla / @cjav_dev

09/03/2014 at 09:39PM

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#887 - Ricardo M. Vilchis / @ajkaanbal

09/04/2014 at 02:59AM

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#888 - jabular / @jabular

09/04/2014 at 10:42PM

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#889 - Adv_Zxy / @adv_zxy

09/05/2014 at 01:31AM

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#890 - Jaron R. Hendrix / @Ronamo

09/05/2014 at 05:18PM

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#891 - Yariv / @yarivb

09/07/2014 at 01:13PM

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#892 - Juan-Lucas Picard / @davidmh

09/09/2014 at 07:03AM

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#893 - Tim Bodeit / @timbodeit

09/11/2014 at 02:23AM

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#894 - James Farr / @jamesfarr

09/18/2014 at 11:39PM

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#895 - compiled wrong / @compiledwrong

09/19/2014 at 12:22AM

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#896 - julesferreira / @julesferreira

09/19/2014 at 08:56PM

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#897 - Roy Vim / @RoyVim

09/24/2014 at 05:29PM

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#898 - Kyle Nesslein / @knessl

09/25/2014 at 05:16PM

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#899 - simonced / @simonced

09/27/2014 at 01:15PM

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#900 - 土ヤ / @ttsuchiya

09/28/2014 at 09:07AM