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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 56e36925d64dfc4d28000001

Inner hyphens

Yet another hyphen challenge. Adding 5 hyphens to a file shouldn't be too hard.

Start file

abcdef

End file

a-b-c-d-e-f

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Solutions by @ckishimo:

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Solutions by @ckishimo:

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#84 - Carles Kishimoto / @ckishimo

11/29/2025 at 09:16PM

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#>84 - Carles Kishimoto / @ckishimo

11/29/2025 at 09:19PM

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#>84 - Carles Kishimoto / @ckishimo

11/29/2025 at 09:14PM

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#>85 - Carles Kishimoto / @ckishimo

11/29/2025 at 09:14PM