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 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!

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

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Created by: @udioica Tweet

146 active golfers, 398 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#121 - monika gadage / @gadage_moni

09/11/2022 at 11:21PM

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#122 - Santosh Latpate / @sblatpate

09/12/2022 at 01:10PM

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#123 - Luoyb / @Luoyb

11/16/2023 at 05:38AM

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#124 - MonkieeBoi / @MonkieeBoi

12/06/2023 at 06:08AM

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#125 - MikkelDitlevOlsen1 / @MikkelDitlevOlsen1

01/16/2024 at 10:38PM

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#126 - jonas-grobe / @jonas-grobe

02/03/2024 at 08:30PM

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#127 - Luis Fernando Rodríguez Vargas / @LuisFerRodVar

06/25/2024 at 10:25PM

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#128 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 02:48AM

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#129 - Pablo Acuna / @pacuna

11/04/2024 at 02:05AM

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#130 - jaunxter / @jaunxter

04/04/2025 at 04:01AM

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#131 - Ayush Sachdeva / @ayush000

06/05/2017 at 04:27PM

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#132 - Will Gunther / @WillGunther

06/11/2017 at 06:47PM

14

#133 - Emmanuel Herrero / @hairarrow

06/14/2017 at 07:31PM

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#134 - grigouille / @grigouille2

07/05/2017 at 08:28PM

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#135 - dadav 🥀 / @__dadav__

08/20/2017 at 02:05PM

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#136 - Geoff / @RealGeoffErwin

10/09/2017 at 06:55PM

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#137 - Rohit Raut / @rohit_raut_18

09/12/2022 at 07:36AM

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#138 - Jakob Föger / @drvolcano86

02/17/2023 at 05:48PM

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#139 - Jurica / @Jurica34581259

11/16/2018 at 06:01PM

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#140 - Sathyanarayanan Vaithianathan / @Sathyan88697115

09/12/2022 at 04:43AM

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#141 - Rodrigo Dorantes G. / @ruydg

06/06/2017 at 05:35PM

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#142 - Sam Unicomb / @samuelunicomb

06/01/2017 at 06:14PM

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#143 - Ilya Grigorik / @igrigorik

06/11/2017 at 04:50PM

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#144 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

07/10/2017 at 09:30AM

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#145 - POSIX / @po6ix

01/10/2022 at 09:22AM

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#146 - Sahil Shetty / @sahildshetty

09/10/2022 at 01:21AM