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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 56d70389bbbe462aff01d42a

Swap values

Well, swap the values...

Start file

name=www-data, groups=developer

End file

name=developer, groups=www-data

View Diff

1c1
< name=www-data, groups=developer
---
> name=developer, groups=www-data

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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1275 active golfers, 4644 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#841 - Zed Byrne / @ZeByrne

06/13/2016 at 10:18AM

15

#842 - David Devecsery / @devecsery

06/13/2016 at 02:49PM

15

#843 - Dave O'Keeffe / @daveok

06/16/2016 at 08:15AM

15

#844 - Sanjay / @patelsan

06/19/2016 at 03:37PM

15

#845 - Yifan Ge / @gyifan

06/23/2016 at 07:32PM

15

#846 - Avery Wilkening / @awilkening

06/27/2016 at 07:03PM

15

#847 - Jonathan Werner / @jonathanewerner

07/09/2016 at 04:23PM

15

#848 - Aki Morooka / @Aki12117528

07/18/2016 at 12:16PM

15

#849 - Sandeep Dhavale / @sandeep_dhavale

07/19/2016 at 10:38PM

15

#850 - Ben Doherty / @bjdgames

08/02/2016 at 01:34AM

15

#851 - Sarang Khim / @sarang_khim

08/03/2016 at 12:05AM

15

#852 - George Angelopoulos / @g_usermod

08/05/2016 at 07:36AM

15

#853 - jn / @j1357924

08/09/2016 at 04:54PM

15

#854 - Daniel Hallqvist / @dhallqvist

08/15/2016 at 11:30AM

15

#855 - jj johnson / @jcassj1

08/22/2016 at 12:39PM

15

#856 - citaret / @citaret

08/23/2016 at 03:16PM

15

#857 - Jonathan Johnson / @jonmarkjohnson

08/23/2016 at 03:23PM

15

#858 - Dmitry Astapenko / @dmitree

09/01/2016 at 08:32AM

15

#859 - Speff / @Speffzt

09/01/2016 at 10:26PM

15

#860 - Utkrisht Dhankar / @UtkrishtDhankar

09/07/2016 at 03:43PM

15

#861 - javier castro / @eusipial

09/17/2016 at 04:04AM

15

#862 - Christophe Perrotin / @ChrisPerSurTwit

09/24/2016 at 07:05PM

15

#863 - Netrisk Cool / @C00lt0

09/29/2016 at 08:03PM

15

#864 - asdasd / @DasdasdaAsdasd

10/03/2016 at 09:25AM

15

#865 - Ryan Blais / @reblais

10/14/2016 at 03:24AM

15

#866 - Chris Cummings / @mistahcummings

10/31/2016 at 12:01AM

15

#867 - Dillon Kearns / @dillontkearns

11/27/2016 at 04:41AM

15

#868 - Sergey Alekhnovich / @salekhn

12/03/2016 at 08:17PM

15

#869 - holy_sin / @0zero0

12/09/2016 at 08:35AM

15

#870 - Nessig / @Nessig5

12/18/2016 at 04:10AM