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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 5cf9ca1c6db575000607ed58

Join 'em

This shouldn't be too tough

Start file

These
words
need
to
be
joined.

Can you help me?

End file

These words need to be joined. Can you help me?

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> These words need to be joined. Can you help me?

Solutions

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Created by: @Adsweed Tweet

141 active golfers, 238 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

4

#1 - Jason Neylon / @jasonneylon

03/28/2020 at 07:40AM

4

#2 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

06/12/2020 at 12:54PM

4

#3 - John Braxler / @braxler

01/29/2021 at 05:17PM

4

#4 - Jung Yeon Park / @park_jungy

02/09/2021 at 01:37AM

4

#5 - pikjes / @pikjes2

03/21/2021 at 08:04PM

4

#6 - Tuure / @tuure_p

03/22/2021 at 02:45AM

4

#7 - Michel Viktor / @tomkpz

08/11/2021 at 02:03PM

4

#8 - Miguel Nguyen / @_alwaysbeenme

08/25/2021 at 03:34AM

4

#9 - rappenstein2 / @rappenstein2

01/13/2022 at 01:29PM

4

#10 - JVIM / @JVIM101

02/22/2022 at 02:51PM

4

#11 - dorianm / @dorianm

05/09/2022 at 01:51AM

4

#12 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

07/06/2022 at 10:27PM

4

#13 - Kausic / @Kausic99

09/25/2022 at 07:26AM

4

#14 - Janzen / @__Coos

10/04/2022 at 01:03PM

4

#15 - James / @Dronak

11/02/2022 at 08:25PM

4

#16 - 0xdaydream / @0xdaydream_

01/07/2023 at 11:57PM

4

#17 - steve / @steve35773420

04/20/2023 at 11:35PM

5

#18 - Ari Sweedler / @Adsweed

06/07/2019 at 02:21AM

5

#19 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

06/07/2019 at 05:24AM

5

#20 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

06/07/2019 at 07:38AM

5

#21 - albalitz / @_albalitz

06/07/2019 at 09:53AM

5

#22 - Graeme Smith / @InstaGraeme

06/07/2019 at 10:11AM

5

#23 - Fernando Motta / @Fmmotta01

06/07/2019 at 10:21AM

5

#24 - deurzen / @devrzen

06/07/2019 at 10:33AM

5

#25 - Mike Clarke / @clarkema

06/07/2019 at 12:22PM

5

#26 - Gui Borges / @GuiBorg58625942

06/07/2019 at 01:47PM

5

#27 - Jess / @Jess74311450

06/07/2019 at 01:48PM

5

#28 - Smylers / @Smylers2

06/07/2019 at 02:15PM

5

#29 - James Whitlock / @Keitarusm

06/07/2019 at 03:12PM

5

#30 - Eirik Furuseth / @heplaphon

06/07/2019 at 03:31PM