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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 5462e3f41198b80002512673

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Start file

foo = a
      ab
      abc

End file

foo = "a"
      "ab"
      "abc"

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1,3c1,3
< foo = a
<       ab
<       abc
---
> foo = "a"
>       "ab"
>       "abc"

Solutions

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4179 active golfers, 15980 entries

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#541 - Daniel Hjelm / @dhjelm

03/08/2017 at 12:06PM

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#542 - Andre Cato / @DreBear800

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#545 - Evan Relf / @evanrelf

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#546 - Ilya Shakirov / @aelaau

03/20/2017 at 08:07AM

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#547 - Andreas Anderbach / @anderbacha

03/20/2017 at 09:45AM

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#548 - Sergey Ryabko / @sergey_ryabko

03/22/2017 at 08:14PM

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#549 - Cameron Jones / @Deimyts

03/23/2017 at 04:01PM

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#550 - Tose / @Toseim

03/25/2017 at 10:54AM

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#551 - Daniel / @Daniel00288663

03/27/2017 at 01:54PM

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#552 - D W / @dweij1

03/30/2017 at 01:02PM

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#553 - Solomon / @Trugbildjaeger

03/30/2017 at 07:06PM

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#554 - sharklasers552 / @sharklasers552

04/11/2017 at 02:58AM

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#555 - vvv / @vvv71630351

04/15/2017 at 02:15PM

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04/20/2017 at 09:30AM

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#557 - Tom BP / @ThosBP

04/20/2017 at 10:48AM

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#558 - 梧桐王子 / @WutongYujie

04/21/2017 at 06:11AM

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#559 - Pratik Prasad / @pratik

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#562 - Rami Hovi / @hacker_lawyer

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#565 - Chris Robertson / @chrisxrobertson

04/30/2017 at 01:30PM

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05/02/2017 at 12:48PM

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