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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 50af864132b7ed0002000075

A simple change

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

Start file

1024 2048 3072 4096 5120
6144 7168 8192 9216

End file

2048 3072 4096 5120 6144
7168 8192 9216 10240

View Diff

1,2c1,2
< 1024 2048 3072 4096 5120
< 6144 7168 8192 9216
---
> 2048 3072 4096 5120 6144
> 7168 8192 9216 10240

Solutions

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<C-A><C-A><C-X><C-X>:function mut<BS>ltByTwo (x)<CR><BS><BS>:MultBy<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>:Function<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>function MultByTwo (x)<CR>return 2*x<CR><BS>endfunction<CR>:Muy<BS>ltByTwo<CR>:"<BS>call MultByTwo<CR><Up>:call MultByTwo(1025<BS>4)<CR><CR>i2048<Esc>x<Left><Left><Left>xxxxxxxx<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right> hlkllllllllllllllllllllli <BS>;<BS><Esc>wbei <BS><Esc>eo<BS> 6144<Esc>jhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhxxxxxllllllllllllllllo<BS> 10240<Esc>:x<CR>

Created by: @me_coot Tweet

193 active golfers, 468 entries

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11/27/2012 at 05:25PM

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#159 - Ryan Patterson / @CGamesPlay

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08/13/2013 at 02:18AM

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#168 - engy / @engydmw

09/24/2013 at 09:33PM

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#171 - Phil / @ischi

12/10/2012 at 08:29AM

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05/28/2013 at 09:36PM

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#178 - Ravi S Sinha / @ambidextrousTx

11/23/2012 at 05:06PM

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#179 - Mattia Gheda / @ghedamat

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#180 - Joshua Travis / @jktravis

11/24/2012 at 07:26PM