Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 55e704665f560803fa000001

Assign numbers to fields

You are given a list of space-separated strings. Add an increasing numeric prefix to each one.

Start file

CHROM POS ID REF ALT QUAL FILTER INFO FORMAT

End file

0:CHROM 1:POS 2:ID 3:REF 4:ALT 5:QUAL 6:FILTER 7:INFO 8:FORMAT

View Diff

1c1
< CHROM POS ID REF ALT QUAL FILTER INFO FORMAT
---
> 0:CHROM 1:POS 2:ID 3:REF 4:ALT 5:QUAL 6:FILTER 7:INFO 8:FORMAT

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

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Created by: @lifepillar Tweet

62 active golfers, 116 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

09/02/2015 at 02:36PM

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#2 - John Braxler / @braxler

09/02/2015 at 04:44PM

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#3 - Mutter Mumble / @muttermumble

09/02/2015 at 05:09PM

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#4 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

09/02/2015 at 06:27PM

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#5 - Mart T / @xtimmu

09/02/2015 at 06:56PM

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#6 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

09/03/2015 at 04:38AM

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#7 - A / @Tower_1980

09/03/2015 at 12:07PM

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#8 - Gabriel Florit / @gabrielflorit

09/05/2015 at 08:29AM

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#9 - JS / @jjohsan

09/05/2015 at 04:24PM

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#10 - T A / @SirAviles

09/07/2015 at 09:45PM

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#11 - Tamas Gal (Tom) / @tamasgal

09/10/2015 at 05:45AM

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#12 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

10/01/2015 at 06:39PM

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#13 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

10/05/2015 at 12:34PM

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#14 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

10/18/2015 at 01:33AM

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#15 - merphant / @merphant

10/24/2015 at 06:05AM

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#16 - Robert Clark / @rsclark2

01/16/2016 at 03:47PM

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#17 - Carlos A Henríquez Q / @lagunex

03/13/2016 at 09:27PM

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#18 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

06/02/2016 at 08:38PM

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#19 - Pierre Maoui / @p_maoui

01/01/2017 at 10:44AM

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#20 - 梧桐王子 / @WutongYujie

09/27/2017 at 11:36AM

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#21 - Bradley M. Small / @BradleySmall

11/23/2017 at 04:16AM

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#22 - Arijus / @argshook

08/02/2018 at 12:21PM

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#23 - mindgitrwx / @mindgitrwx

09/03/2020 at 05:15AM

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#24 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

07/07/2022 at 09:49PM

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#25 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

10/30/2023 at 10:50PM

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#26 - Anaritus / @Anaritus

02/26/2024 at 07:49PM

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#27 - Berel94 / @Berel94

03/14/2024 at 09:56PM

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#28 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

07/03/2024 at 01:44AM

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#29 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 03:56AM

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#30 - Joel Gallant / @joelg236

09/02/2015 at 02:59PM