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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 5cb9d07d716c1b0009f69a40

ninja substitution

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

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Trying to careninjafully make a ninja challenge.
This ninjaninjachallenge is ninjadesigned to show a particularninja vim ninjafeature (here I am ninjastalling in order to ninjadoge a shorter ninjacounter-based ninjasolution, sorry for the ninjaheadhache) this is the end of my ninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjalninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaininjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjanninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaeninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninjaninja.
The question is, will a wiser vimgolf ninja defeat the purpose of this challenge ?
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Trying to carefully make a ninja challenge.
This challenge is designed to show a particular vim feature (here I am stalling in order to doge a shorter counter-based solution, sorry for the headhache) this is the end of my line.
The question is, will a wiser vimgolf ninja defeat the purpose of this challenge ?

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> Trying to carefully make a ninja challenge.
> This challenge is designed to show a particular vim feature (here I am stalling in order to doge a shorter counter-based solution, sorry for the headhache) this is the end of my line.

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#12 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:24AM

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#>90 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:23AM

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#>148 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:21AM

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#>159 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:20AM

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#>172 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:19AM

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#>201 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:18AM

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#>201 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:18AM

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#>207 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:17AM

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#>207 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:17AM

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#>211 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:16AM

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#>221 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:13AM

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#>229 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:12AM

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#>239 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:11AM

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#>244 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/04/2019 at 11:56PM

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#>246 - Manos Koutselakis / @koutselakis_m

05/05/2019 at 12:09AM