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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #254 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 2
VimGolfNight - 570 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #327 / 350
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3192 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 1
lamb had a little Mary - 630 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #76 / 171
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13013 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1155 / 3744
  • Number of attempts: 15
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7173 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 59
  • Position: #1584 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 2
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