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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4f9840d6cb724b0001000010

Hi nok!

Tuberda!

Start file
puts "Hello!!!"
End file
puts "Hello!!!"

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bob = ['Bob Smith', 42, 30000, 'software']
sue = ['Sue Jones', 35, 40000, 'hardware']
people = [bob, sue]
print(bob[0].split()[1])
for person in people:
	print(person[0].split()[1])
	person[2] *= 1.25

print(people)
pays = [person[2] for person in people]
print(pays)
names = [person[0].split()[0] for person in people]
print(names)
pays1 = map((lambda x: x[2]), people)
print(list(pays1))
pays2 = sum(person[2] for person in people)
print(pays2)
people.append(['Tom', 50, 0, None])
print(len(people))
print(people)
print(people[2][0])

Solutions

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#106 Matt Mulder / @mxmul - Score: 2 - 12/15/12 @ 02:53 
ZZ

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#107 Reed Riley / @ReedRile - Score: 2 - 01/20/13 @ 17:00 
ZZ

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#108 Taro Yamada / @t_yamada8karad - Score: 2 - 01/23/13 @ 22:27 
ZZ

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#109 Jack Bauer / @DemarestAB - Score: 2 - 02/09/13 @ 05:41 
ZZ

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#110 N / @nymph192 - Score: 2 - 02/11/13 @ 13:50 
ZZ

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#111 n2o4 / @scatotonic - Score: 2 - 04/16/13 @ 03:29 
ZZ

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#112 Damon Alexander / @d_alexander6 - Score: 2 - 04/16/13 @ 11:15 
ZZ

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#113 Clocwise / @Clocwise - Score: 2 - 04/24/13 @ 05:50 
ZZ

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#114 Gtranbot / @gtranbot - Score: 2 - 04/27/13 @ 02:02 
ZZ

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#115 Marco Hinz / @_mhinz_ - Score: 2 - 05/15/13 @ 15:29 
ZZ

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#116 h_east (DDD ready) / @h_east - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 11:40 
<Right>ZZ

@gumnos: Curious what's different...I uploaded a 3 solution and it rejected it as cheating (same response I got when I just hit "ZZ")

@gumnos: It seems that "1ZZ" gets considered cheating while "<right>ZZ" gets accepted. WTF?

@federicogalassi: because it refuses solutions shorter than 4 physical chars. 1ZZ are 3 physical chars. <Right>ZZ is translated to \x80krZZ that are 8 chars.

3 comments

#117 Aaron Lake / @metallikop - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 12:03 
<Right>ZZ

0 comments

#118 Martin Aumueller / @aumuell - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 12:11 
<Up>ZZ

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#119 Pasha Klets / @p01nt - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 12:44 
<Right>ZZ

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#120 Pawel Obrok / @mrYapee - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 12:50 
<Right>ZZ

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#121 jDeveloper / @jDevEE - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 13:02 
<Up>ZZ

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#122 Ricardo Mendes / @locks - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 13:10 
<Up>ZZ

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#123 Kyrylo Silin / @kyrylosilin - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 14:50 
<Up>ZZ

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#124 Pete Johns / @johnsyweb - Score: 3 - 04/25/12 @ 16:05 
<Right>ZZ

@johnsyweb: % vimgolf put 4f9840d6cb724b0001000010 Downloading Vimgolf challenge: 4f9840d6cb724b0001000010 Launching VimGolf session for challenge: 4f9840d6cb724b0001000010 Success! Your output matches. Your score: 2 Upload result to VimGolf? (yes / no) yes Uploading to VimGolf... Uh oh, upload failed. You're not cheating are you? :-) No. ZZ is enough.

1 comment

#125 dedward / @dedward - Score: 3 - 04/28/12 @ 08:44 
:x<CR>

0 comments

#126 Jimmy Ondecko / @ondecko - Score: 3 - 05/02/12 @ 20:15 
:q<CR>

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#127 Malaney / @iamjh - Score: 4 - 04/25/12 @ 11:43 
:q!<CR>

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#128 Vijay Dev / @vijay_dev - Score: 4 - 04/25/12 @ 11:53 
:q!<CR>

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#129 Peter Anselmo / @peter_anselmo - Score: 4 - 04/25/12 @ 12:57 
:wq<CR>

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#130 Ernestas Lisauskas / @Ernestas - Score: 4 - 04/25/12 @ 13:06 
:q!<CR>

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#131 Noel Alejandro / @noelrock333 - Score: 5 - 06/22/12 @ 18:00 
:w<CR><C-W>q

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#132 fabiano taddei / @Brodoblu - Score: 34 - 02/03/13 @ 08:31 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxiputs "Hello!!!"<Esc>ZZ

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Created by: @LoftyMind

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