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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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#1201 - Jasper Pangilinan / @JasperP

12/27/2018 at 12:04PM

21

#1202 - Austin / @Austin57093958

01/22/2020 at 01:08AM

21

#1203 - Jonah Hlastala / @JonahHlastala

01/23/2020 at 07:43PM

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#1204 - Pham Tuan Anh / @anhpt379

02/16/2020 at 01:22PM

21

#1205 - fff / @fff51460170

02/20/2021 at 06:25AM

22

#1206 - Chris Svenningsen / @hmmwhatsthis

03/04/2016 at 12:23AM

22

#1207 - Juampy NR / @juampynr

03/04/2016 at 10:27AM

22

#1208 - Sebastian Pfluegelm / @sebastian_pflgl

06/04/2016 at 11:47AM

22

#1209 - Kirill Sidenko / @KirillSidenko

06/19/2016 at 09:21AM

22

#1210 - Daisuke Ito / @itodais

08/21/2019 at 11:49AM

22

#1211 - Καράτε Μόνο / @karate_mono

08/29/2019 at 12:51PM

22

#1212 - vicver09 / @vicver091

10/29/2019 at 01:56PM

22

#1213 - Olivia Firth / @OliviaFirth4

01/29/2020 at 07:12PM

22

#1214 - :wq / @write_quit_22

07/13/2021 at 04:28AM

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#1215 - [onion] chesse / @onion_chesse

03/29/2016 at 12:13AM

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#1216 - Amadou CISSE / @amsayk

11/02/2016 at 09:59PM

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#1217 - python-tweepy / @python_tweepy

05/15/2017 at 02:00AM

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#1218 - asdf jkl; / @asdfjkl58010662

08/25/2017 at 11:12AM

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#1219 - Kevin Cooler / @KevinCooler

08/10/2018 at 04:13PM

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#1220 - John Rizkalla / @jrizkall

08/24/2018 at 09:41PM

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#1221 - MGJoe93 / @mgjoe93

03/03/2019 at 07:41AM

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#1222 - Emil Braserud / @Erdustiggen

03/17/2019 at 08:47PM

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#1223 - Joel Wanner / @wannerjo

05/07/2019 at 02:02PM

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#1224 - Mike Wittie / @mike_wittie

01/27/2020 at 07:39PM

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#1225 - Егор / @rxLmBbiP48E21tx

08/19/2020 at 10:14AM

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#1226 - Awakening George / @GeorgeC_monster

11/12/2016 at 07:32PM

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#1227 - Matt Walsh / @wattmalsh

02/02/2017 at 10:37PM

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#1228 - Alonso Darias / @alonso_darias

01/31/2020 at 07:22AM

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#1229 - pacy.eth / @0xpacy

04/25/2020 at 07:01AM

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#1230 - Adam Kożuch / @adamkozuch

04/03/2017 at 01:11AM