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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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#1141 - David / @dav23r

04/12/2018 at 12:44PM

17

#1142 - Christian Fosli / @porridge111

08/18/2018 at 03:34PM

17

#1143 - Calvin Fong / @LordyBaka

11/04/2018 at 01:50AM

17

#1144 - Luis Rodriguez / @luisthecoder

11/12/2018 at 11:14PM

17

#1145 - Blah Blah / @BlahBla08410389

01/20/2019 at 07:43PM

17

#1146 - Martijn Courteaux / @courteauxm

05/14/2019 at 08:44AM

17

#1147 - louis / @LouisJordan

08/27/2019 at 10:08AM

17

#1148 - Soumadeep Saha / @SoumadeepSaha8

05/07/2020 at 12:20AM

17

#1149 - Viczián András / @s1lverfish

06/23/2025 at 08:19AM

18

#1150 - Sebastian / @soapsurfer

03/02/2016 at 03:20PM

18

#1151 - Haseeb Ur Rahman / @haseebr7

03/07/2016 at 08:32AM

18

#1152 - Andrés W. Goens J. / @andresgoens

05/23/2016 at 09:56AM

18

#1153 - Jörg Herbst / @terrible_herbst

06/05/2016 at 09:47AM

18

#1154 - Denys Zadorozhnyi / @greenden

06/09/2016 at 03:34PM

18

#1155 - Sebastian Korten / @FlashKorten

10/26/2016 at 09:24AM

18

#1156 - Saher El-Neklawy / @saherneklawy

03/30/2017 at 11:07AM

18

#1157 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

07/09/2017 at 05:55PM

18

#1158 - Marcin Paliwoda / @eukaliptuss

08/25/2017 at 02:01PM

18

#1159 - Andrei Gasparovici / @agasparovici

12/01/2017 at 06:34PM

18

#1160 - 王有铭 / @wangyouming1209

01/18/2018 at 01:27PM

18

#1161 - asdfasdfasadf / @asdfasdfasadf1

04/12/2018 at 06:51AM

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#1162 - Jules / @namebrandloser

11/16/2018 at 08:50PM

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#1163 - Phoon / @justflashhim

05/10/2019 at 04:26PM

18

#1164 - ram / @rambory

01/25/2020 at 09:32PM

18

#1165 - Jacob Shomstein / @jshoms

07/12/2020 at 03:49AM

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#1166 - James S.P. Barth / @sp_barth

03/03/2016 at 10:17PM

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#1167 - Loïc Payol / @LoicBlablaa

03/08/2016 at 01:34PM

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#1168 - Babil G. Sarwar / @gsbabil

03/10/2016 at 09:41AM

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#1169 - Alex Bartol / @alexbartol

03/11/2016 at 07:34PM

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#1170 - Siim Põder / @siimphh

03/16/2016 at 10:14PM