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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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#1081 - Alexandre Ignjatovic / @bankair

09/02/2014 at 09:20PM

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#1082 - Nate R / @80vs90

11/11/2014 at 06:01PM

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#1083 - Filipe Dias-L. / @sockyrc

12/06/2014 at 11:01AM

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#1084 - きよ / @Mr_kiyo

12/18/2014 at 02:07PM

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#1085 - Martijn Pepping / @mpepping

03/13/2015 at 09:21PM

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#1086 - ɐʇnɥsɐpoʇ / @todashuta

03/27/2015 at 08:27AM

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#1087 - Gerald Tilma / @GeraldTilma

10/17/2015 at 04:17AM

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#1088 - X41 / @i8br

12/08/2015 at 04:01PM

20

#1089 - dattaz / @dat_taz

02/07/2016 at 10:03PM

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#1090 - cohost.org/quiggy / @quiggy

05/18/2016 at 02:01PM

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#1091 - Alexander Dikelsky / @ADikelsky

08/19/2019 at 07:33PM

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#1092 - Nicolas / @martinni39

09/04/2019 at 04:21PM

20

#1093 - zqi / @zq11110320

12/26/2019 at 08:59AM

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#1094 - かぎりん / @kagilinn

03/02/2020 at 01:31AM

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#1095 - Miguel Alcaraz / @dr_miguelar

06/17/2020 at 04:07PM

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#1096 - Júda Ronén ☮️ (moved to Mastodon 🦣; see bio) / @JudaRonen

10/10/2020 at 07:36PM

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#1097 - KoroneListener / @KoroneListener

09/04/2024 at 01:15PM

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#1098 - Pulkit Data / @DataPulkit

10/30/2014 at 08:52PM

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#1099 - Kedar / @0xKD

11/10/2014 at 04:19PM

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#1100 - Camilo Tapia / @camilotapia

03/13/2015 at 04:08PM

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#1101 - chrisheithoff / @chrisheithoff

03/14/2015 at 01:58AM

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#1102 - uɐɥlnƃ uɐɯɹǝ / @egulhan

03/15/2015 at 05:17PM

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#1103 - ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಜೋಶಿ / @subbucoding

03/29/2015 at 02:07AM

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#1104 - Samir Sadek / @netsamir

07/20/2015 at 08:23PM

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#1105 - ggdGiBork:3^[:wq / @CopperBadger

10/06/2015 at 01:11AM

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#1106 - Inclusive Debates / @InclusiveDebate

10/08/2016 at 08:23PM

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#1107 - Matt Walsh / @wattmalsh

02/07/2017 at 06:41AM

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#1108 - abhijeet patil / @abhijeetptl5

09/03/2020 at 04:03AM

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#1109 - fff / @fff51460170

02/20/2021 at 04:49PM

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#1110 - evimgolf / @evimgolf

09/21/2014 at 02:42PM