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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 9v006637d03a00000000026f

Find anomalies

There is one special character per line

Start file
print("OPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQ0PQOPQOPQOPQ")
print("123123123123123123l23123123123123123123123123123")
print("hijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkһijk")
print("klmnkImnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmn")
print("2342342342342342342342Ʒ4234234234234234234234234")
print("ijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijκijkijkijk")

# vim:ft=python
End file
print("OPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQ0PQOPQOPQOPQ")
print("                                    ^           ")
print("123123123123123123l23123123123123123123123123123")
print("                  ^                             ")
print("hijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkһijk")
print("                                            ^   ")
print("klmnkImnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmn")
print("     ^                                          ")
print("2342342342342342342342Ʒ4234234234234234234234234")
print("                      ^                         ")
print("ijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijκijkijkijk")
print("                                      ^         ")

# vim:ft=python

View Diff

1a2
> print("                                    ^           ")
2a4
> print("                  ^                             ")
3a6
> print("                                            ^   ")
4a8
> print("     ^                                          ")
5a10
> print("                      ^                         ")
6a12
> print("                                      ^         ")

Solutions

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#34 Kenneth Seet / @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal - Score: 418 - 05/06/24 @ 07:54 
koiprint<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>ptint<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>print <BS>("                                      <BS><BS>^           ")<Esc>joprint("                    <BS><BS>^                             ")<Esc>joprint("                                             <BS>^   ")<Esc>joprint("     &<BS>^                                          ")<Esc>joprint("                      ^                         ")j<BS><Esc>joprint <BS>("                                      ^         ")<Esc>kkkkkkkkkkl<Esc><Esc><Esc>:wq<CR>

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Created by: @maharba6

34 active golfers, 125 entries

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#31 - Bart Hageman / @BartHageman

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05/07/2024 at 02:24PM

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#34 - Kenneth Seet / @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal

05/06/2024 at 07:54AM