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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 537a553282aa3e000222048a

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We did this a VimGolf challenge at work and now that we have finished I want to see if you guys can come up with something even better than we could. Our best solution was 44 keystrokes.

Start file
<table>
<thead>
<th>
<th id="first_name">First Name</th>
<th id="last_name">Last Name</th>
<th id="address">Address</th>
<th id="city">City</th>
<th id="state">State</th>
<th id="zip_postal">Zip</th>
<th id="country">Country</th>
<th id="phone">Phone</th>
</th>
</thead>
</table>
End file
<table>
        <thead>
                <th>
                <th id="first_name"> First Name</th>
                <th id="last_name "> Last Name </th>
                <th id="address   "> Address   </th>
                <th id="city      "> City      </th>
                <th id="state     "> State     </th>
                <th id="zip_postal"> Zip       </th>
                <th id="country   "> Country   </th>
                <th id="phone     "> Phone     </th>
                </th>
        </thead>
</table>

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2,13c2,13
< <thead>
< <th>
< <th id="first_name">First Name</th>
< <th id="last_name">Last Name</th>
< <th id="address">Address</th>
< <th id="city">City</th>
< <th id="state">State</th>
< <th id="zip_postal">Zip</th>
< <th id="country">Country</th>
< <th id="phone">Phone</th>
< </th>
< </thead>
---
>       <thead>
>               <th>
>               <th id="first_name"> First Name</th>
>               <th id="last_name "> Last Name </th>
>               <th id="address   "> Address   </th>
>               <th id="city      "> City      </th>
>               <th id="state     "> State     </th>
>               <th id="zip_postal"> Zip       </th>
>               <th id="country   "> Country   </th>
>               <th id="phone     "> Phone     </th>
>               </th>
>       </thead>

Solutions by @KasperBox:

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Created by: @kirk_bauer

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Solutions by @KasperBox:
43
#17 - Markus Kasper / @KasperBox

05/21/2014 at 02:40PM

50
#>20 - Markus Kasper / @KasperBox

05/21/2014 at 02:15PM