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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 58c88ae7229d3b000600001f

Fiddle percentages into real numbers

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

Start file

1,25.1%,good
2,19.8%,bad
3,30.5%,bad
4,71.4%,good
5,16.8%,bad
6,93.9%,good
8,37.1%,bad
9,35.3%,bad

End file

1,.251,good
2,.198,bad
3,.305,bad
4,.714,good
5,.168,bad
6,.939,good
8,.371,bad
9,.353,bad

View Diff

1,8c1,8
< 1,25.1%,good
< 2,19.8%,bad
< 3,30.5%,bad
< 4,71.4%,good
< 5,16.8%,bad
< 6,93.9%,good
< 8,37.1%,bad
< 9,35.3%,bad
---
> 1,.251,good
> 2,.198,bad
> 3,.305,bad
> 4,.714,good
> 5,.168,bad
> 6,.939,good
> 8,.371,bad
> 9,.353,bad

Solutions

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