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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#31 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

09/02/2015 at 03:07PM

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#32 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

09/02/2015 at 05:57PM

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#33 - James / @Dronak

09/02/2015 at 08:37PM

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#34 - Restroom Sounds / @RestroomSounds

09/03/2015 at 04:04AM

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#35 - Sam Grigg / @samgrigg

09/03/2015 at 05:24AM

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#36 - Paulo Romeira / @pauloromeira

09/03/2015 at 08:57AM

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#37 - Dan Moldovan / @Lenea92

09/03/2015 at 12:54PM

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#38 - João Carvalho / @joaoCarvas

09/03/2015 at 01:14PM

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#39 - Aleksey N. / @nag5001

09/05/2015 at 05:42PM

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#40 - Nicholas Marrone / @nickmarrone

09/05/2015 at 09:07PM

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#41 - Ben Vandervalk / @benvvalk

09/14/2015 at 04:41AM

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#42 - T / @tea_sea

09/14/2015 at 03:33PM

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#43 - Roland Hougs / @roland_b_h

04/21/2016 at 07:55PM

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#44 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

09/03/2017 at 04:49PM

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#45 - Timur Celik / @clktmr

12/21/2018 at 07:38PM

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#46 - Chester Yap / @Chest_ErYap

08/13/2019 at 04:54PM

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#47 - vimgolfaccfekxh / @vimgolfaccfekxh

10/30/2022 at 09:00PM

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#48 - Divvy C. / @divvy_c

08/12/2023 at 03:56PM

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#49 - jonas-grobe / @jonas-grobe

02/04/2024 at 01:13PM

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#50 - constap / @constap

05/13/2024 at 06:49PM

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#51 - Yaroslav Kanarev / @yarosurabu

09/07/2015 at 03:32PM

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#52 - Jorge / @jherreso

07/27/2017 at 02:48AM

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#53 - pikjes / @pikjes2

07/16/2021 at 05:48PM

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#54 - oscar / @zonza_mas

09/02/2015 at 03:01PM

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#55 - Joey / @joeyism101

09/04/2015 at 01:41PM

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#56 - ORchard test / @BilboBrovall

09/22/2015 at 07:30PM

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#57 - Martynas Bardauskas / @mbardauskas

08/02/2018 at 12:24PM

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#58 - Olivier Bégassat / @zk_evm

06/13/2023 at 12:48PM

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#59 - Bitt Faulk / @bittfaulk

03/11/2020 at 03:19PM

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#60 - Andrew Michaud / @andrewjmichaud

09/03/2015 at 10:27PM