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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 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

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!

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76 active golfers, 122 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

03/14/2016 at 09:21AM

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#32 - Dimitar Dimitrov / @kurkale6ka

03/14/2016 at 10:48AM

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#33 - Yahyalexandre33 / @yahyalexandre33

03/15/2016 at 06:21AM

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#34 - lucas / @rept357

03/15/2016 at 03:01PM

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#35 - David Jr / @DmcdonnelJr

03/15/2016 at 10:12PM

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#36 - PAUL RUSSO / @paulie_ru

03/16/2016 at 01:12PM

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#37 - Rubén Chavarría T. / @rchavarriat

03/17/2016 at 08:27AM

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#38 - Filippos K. / @filkaris

03/18/2016 at 03:59PM

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#39 - Jonathan Taylor / @Jonyonson

03/20/2016 at 04:46AM

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#40 - Jason Choi / @joyous_jason

03/22/2016 at 11:08AM

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#41 - Robert Mosher / @rcmosher

03/24/2016 at 04:57PM

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#42 - Philiphone / @Philiphone

03/26/2016 at 02:15PM

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#43 - Martin / @delyat

03/30/2016 at 02:27PM

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#44 - Dinesh Bhosale / @MrDineshBhosale

03/30/2016 at 04:36PM

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#45 - lilach adir / @leelaRed

04/03/2016 at 11:27AM

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#46 - Chenut Ludovic / @7Brwa7

04/07/2016 at 11:30AM

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#47 - E Both / @enboth

04/17/2016 at 05:18PM

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#48 - Jake Griffin / @J4K0_G

04/22/2016 at 11:37PM

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#49 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

04/27/2016 at 09:21PM

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#50 - Simon Pugnet / @polaris64

04/27/2016 at 10:12PM

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#51 - Mateusz Dereniowski / @mderenio

05/04/2016 at 09:08PM

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#52 - John Goes / @johnwgoes

05/09/2016 at 03:23PM

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#53 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

07/01/2016 at 09:21AM

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#54 - Benedikt Breinbauer / @benebun

07/24/2016 at 06:15PM

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#55 - Sam Hammer / @samhammer325

07/30/2016 at 09:35PM

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#56 - Jeremiah Goyette / @JeremiahGoyette

08/03/2016 at 06:41AM

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#57 - Stanislav / @prstad

08/24/2016 at 02:01PM

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#58 - Will / @obiwan__k3n00bi

09/03/2016 at 06:10AM

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#59 - Kyouma / @kyoumaJohn

10/14/2016 at 08:37PM

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#60 - Christian Rondeau / @c_rondeau

10/18/2016 at 02:06AM