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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 5cf9ca1c6db575000607ed58

Join 'em

This shouldn't be too tough

Start file

These
words
need
to
be
joined.

Can you help me?

End file

These words need to be joined. Can you help me?

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Solutions

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151 active golfers, 251 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

5

#61 - Gauthier B / @gogoprog

06/11/2019 at 11:12AM

5

#62 - Mauricio Ariza / @_hell_spawn

06/11/2019 at 02:07PM

5

#63 - Just...That / @I_am_JustThat

06/11/2019 at 02:26PM

5

#64 - Johannes / @joka253

06/11/2019 at 04:11PM

5

#65 - Koba / @lkoba

06/11/2019 at 08:59PM

5

#66 - Charlie OConor / @charlieoconor

06/11/2019 at 10:13PM

5

#67 - itsadok / @itsadok

06/12/2019 at 06:45AM

5

#68 - Prashanth / @Prashanth157T

06/12/2019 at 10:41AM

5

#69 - 𝕛𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 / @Roguelazer

06/12/2019 at 11:29PM

5

#70 - Alexey Vyskubov / @avysk

06/13/2019 at 02:02PM

5

#71 - Frank Harrison / @doublethefish

06/15/2019 at 03:19PM

5

#72 - Fabien C. / @vaga_io

06/17/2019 at 12:37PM

5

#73 - deHman89 / @danho89

06/17/2019 at 01:18PM

5

#74 - Grzegorz Andrzejowski / @AndrzejowskiG

06/17/2019 at 01:47PM

5

#75 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

06/19/2019 at 12:32PM

5

#76 - vimgolfacct / @vimgolfacct

06/20/2019 at 12:24AM

5

#77 - seul / @seul15987381

06/20/2019 at 10:57AM

5

#78 - Paul Inc / @hiniol1982

06/21/2019 at 06:41PM

5

#79 - hodenkobold66 / @hodenkobold66

06/23/2019 at 11:16AM

5

#80 - Corey Alexander / @coreyja_dev

06/27/2019 at 03:43AM

5

#81 - mkaminaga / @mkmng3

06/28/2019 at 07:48AM

5

#82 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

06/29/2019 at 06:16AM

5

#83 - Test Account / @testycc

06/29/2019 at 11:34AM

5

#84 - Epecb / @BceEpecb

06/30/2019 at 09:58PM

5

#85 - Jason Chen / @chezbgone

07/04/2019 at 07:56AM

5

#86 - majo senf / @majo_senf

07/05/2019 at 09:03AM

5

#87 - pf / @pedrofreirex

07/13/2019 at 08:57PM

5

#88 - Robin Abrahamsson / @rqAbrahamsson

07/22/2019 at 07:30PM

5

#89 - Enoch / @_enocht

07/28/2019 at 10:37PM

5

#90 - Markus / @ARealAnnoyance

07/29/2019 at 09:49AM