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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 56d70389bbbe462aff01d42a

Swap values

Well, swap the values...

Start file

name=www-data, groups=developer

End file

name=developer, groups=www-data

View Diff

1c1
< name=www-data, groups=developer
---
> name=developer, groups=www-data

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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1291 active golfers, 4703 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#931 - Daniel Vaqueiro / @chimidea

10/09/2018 at 06:58PM

15

#932 - Dax / @daaawx

10/23/2018 at 10:21PM

15

#933 - Dave Brda / @BrdaDave

10/25/2018 at 08:06PM

15

#934 - caplod / @caplod

10/31/2018 at 04:20PM

15

#935 - Kasparas Lavrukaitis / @kaslvr

11/04/2018 at 08:23AM

15

#936 - Fabio Branquinho / @branquif

11/08/2018 at 02:36PM

15

#937 - Omar Zeidan / @OZeidan97

11/13/2018 at 12:34PM

15

#938 - Michael Mangialardi / @michaelmangial1

11/29/2018 at 08:02PM

15

#939 - Performa / @performa6400

12/10/2018 at 04:20PM

15

#940 - aka / @aaik4

12/23/2018 at 03:41AM

15

#941 - Kyle Safran / @kylesafran

01/23/2019 at 10:25PM

15

#942 - Kit Saels / @KitSaels

01/24/2019 at 09:56PM

15

#943 - Dan / @dstein64

01/28/2019 at 07:18AM

15

#944 - Alexander Popov / @Alexand01782341

03/09/2019 at 06:23AM

15

#945 - zenwalker / @zenwalker93

03/11/2019 at 02:01PM

15

#946 - Amado Antonini / @AmadoAntonini

03/16/2019 at 08:16AM

15

#947 - Scott / @chil2

04/02/2019 at 02:48AM

15

#948 - Laurent Atlan / @laurentatlan1

04/15/2019 at 09:25PM

15

#949 - Branden Clark / @clarkb_cs

04/19/2019 at 06:23AM

15

#950 - Trevor Langston / @sunkenroad

07/05/2019 at 05:03PM

15

#951 - Crystal L / @Cartsly

07/13/2019 at 09:46PM

15

#952 - Hayden Wang / @HaydenWang2

08/09/2019 at 02:48AM

15

#953 - majestic sloth / @SamLlama

08/11/2019 at 07:52AM

15

#954 - Isaak Meier / @IsaakMeier

08/13/2019 at 06:57PM

15

#955 - BESSENG A IREH Guy / @guybesseng

08/21/2019 at 12:03AM

15

#956 - Bob Ren / @bobrenjc93

08/21/2019 at 10:56PM

15

#957 - Simon Wilkinson / @simondwilkinson

08/25/2019 at 12:02AM

15

#958 - lucca augusto / @LuccaAugusto6

09/08/2019 at 02:19PM

15

#959 - Iggy / @iggredible

09/24/2019 at 02:45AM

15

#960 - roemermeier / @roemermeier

10/18/2019 at 05:09PM