Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 592e0f555b60ba0009000001

Stairstep digits

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

Start file

123456789

End file

1133557799

View Diff

A trick a golfer should know, but I don't think
many of you do. This challenge will fix that.

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!

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Created by: @udioica Tweet

146 active golfers, 398 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#61 - Tallak Tveide / @tallakt

05/31/2017 at 08:14AM

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#62 - we’re going to need a bigger bot / @assaflavie

05/31/2017 at 09:16AM

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#63 - Joe Reddington / @joereddington

05/31/2017 at 11:13AM

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#64 - Miki Tebeka / @tebeka

05/31/2017 at 12:25PM

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#65 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

05/31/2017 at 12:46PM

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#66 - Matt Rasmus / @_mattrasmus

05/31/2017 at 04:13PM

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#67 - Lukas Galke / @_lpag

05/31/2017 at 10:57PM

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#68 - Melvin Cheung / @MelvinCheung

06/01/2017 at 05:38AM

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#69 - Vaughn Cato / @vaughncato

06/01/2017 at 01:50PM

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#70 - Jye Sawtell-Rickson / @jsawtellrickson

06/01/2017 at 02:47PM

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#71 - Emmanuel Denloye-Ito / @EmmanuelDenloye

06/01/2017 at 08:27PM

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#72 - Jan Bundesmann / @janbundesmann

06/02/2017 at 12:19PM

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#73 - Shriharsh / @ShriharshMishra

06/02/2017 at 03:35PM

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#74 - kkh / @kkhdlut

06/03/2017 at 06:59AM

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#75 - Rowan Tree / @RowanTr88447528

06/03/2017 at 12:48PM

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#76 - Ryan Coopersmith / @RyanCoopersmit1

06/03/2017 at 02:01PM

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#77 - siwa / @siwabada

06/04/2017 at 02:21PM

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#78 - Adriano Benin / @adrianob11

06/06/2017 at 02:12AM

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#79 - WangkeunOh / @owg7689

06/06/2017 at 09:45AM

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#80 - Harsh Kumar / @datsleepyguy

06/06/2017 at 06:17PM

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#81 - Sergey Lisakov / @pozitron57

06/06/2017 at 07:02PM

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#82 - GVest Two / @GvestTwo

06/06/2017 at 07:23PM

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#83 - toddagibson / @toddagibson

06/07/2017 at 12:27AM

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#84 - Eric Coleman / @EpicColeman

06/07/2017 at 08:54PM

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#85 - Adam Bozanich / @abozanich

06/08/2017 at 01:40AM

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#86 - Victor Ramirez / @virako

06/08/2017 at 03:06PM

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#87 - Renee Zhu / @reneezhu1994

06/08/2017 at 10:37PM

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#88 - Sebastian Korten / @FlashKorten

06/10/2017 at 11:52AM

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#89 - Ayman Farhat / @aymanfarhat

06/11/2017 at 11:21AM

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#90 - James Maguire / @3rdMaguire

06/12/2017 at 10:50AM