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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Align commas

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

Start file

just = make,
       all,
       the,
       commas,
       line,
       up

End file

just = make  ,
       all   ,
       the   ,
       commas,
       line  ,
       up

View Diff

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Solutions

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<Esc>:%s/,/<Tab>,/g<CR><Esc>:<Esc><Up><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>x<Up>x<Up>x<Up>xuuuuuuuuuuu<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>i  <Left><Left><Left><Down>   <Left><Left><Left><Down>   <Down><Left><Down><Left>  <Esc>ZZ

Created by: @udioica Tweet

247 active golfers, 1097 entries

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10/08/2021 at 03:45PM

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#92 - russellzhaomao / @russellzhaomao

05/27/2022 at 07:25AM

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#93 - Mario / @MarioWolfe

06/14/2022 at 05:23AM

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#94 - Janzen / @__Coos

10/01/2022 at 02:25PM

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#95 - someperson150 / @someperson150

07/08/2023 at 04:52AM

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#96 - KingSann / @iferkey

09/12/2023 at 02:01PM

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#97 - Mohammad Apel Mahmod / @apel_mahmod

09/22/2023 at 03:37AM

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#98 - Don'tBeAlarmed / @DontBeAlarmed

05/30/2024 at 05:18AM

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#99 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

06/02/2024 at 10:47AM

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#100 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 03:20AM

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#101 - Alex Rod. / @thealex23ro

07/01/2016 at 08:34PM

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#102 - i33 / @i3342th

11/14/2018 at 08:42AM

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12/08/2018 at 12:55PM

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#104 - Lory / @Lory46845742

11/14/2019 at 01:01PM

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#105 - leo / @leo28356948

11/29/2019 at 02:24PM

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#106 - Michel Viktor / @tomkpz

07/31/2021 at 02:46PM

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#107 - Matt Rasmus / @_mattrasmus

10/10/2016 at 04:03PM

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#108 - Chester Yap / @Chest_ErYap

08/13/2019 at 12:04AM

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01/17/2020 at 06:37AM

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#111 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

04/21/2016 at 07:52AM

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01/23/2022 at 03:31AM

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#113 - “Smylers” / @Smylers2

04/27/2016 at 10:10AM

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#114 - Tamas Gal (Tom) / @tamasgal

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05/21/2016 at 11:25AM

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#116 - Vaughn Cato / @vaughncato

05/26/2016 at 01:40PM

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#117 - Arijus / @argshook

06/02/2016 at 01:27PM

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#118 - tgmeng / @lazy_fabric

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#119 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

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#120 - André Peric Tavares / @andre_peric

07/20/2016 at 08:53PM