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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):

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#91 - Vim Golfer / @VimGolfer6

07/29/2019 at 09:54AM

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#92 - Pittson / @Pittson95

07/31/2019 at 07:49PM

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#93 - Joe Fahnestock🌵 / @Joecupojoe

08/01/2019 at 06:02PM

5

#94 - Dan / @dstein64

08/03/2019 at 03:03AM

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#95 - sooqua / @sooqua

08/08/2019 at 07:55PM

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#96 - Marc André Freiheit / @marc_freiheit

08/09/2019 at 11:59AM

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#97 - Chester Yap / @Chest_ErYap

08/12/2019 at 01:45PM

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#98 - Ron Holt / @ron_holt

08/14/2019 at 06:38PM

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#99 - Chris Shorrock / @EbinFlow

08/14/2019 at 10:01PM

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#100 - Fritz Inf / @6360info

08/18/2019 at 08:30AM

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#101 - theBecwar / @thebecwar

08/18/2019 at 01:58PM

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#102 - Clint Caudle / @ClintCaudle

08/20/2019 at 11:22PM

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#103 - Martin Delille / @martinodelilo

08/23/2019 at 08:49AM

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#104 - Alexander Dikelsky / @ADikelsky

08/25/2019 at 12:00AM

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#105 - GAUTAM V NAIK / @gautamnaik1994

08/26/2019 at 11:37AM

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#106 - Zach Ingbretsen / @ZIngbretsen

09/08/2019 at 12:03AM

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#107 - Iain Bromley / @iainbromley

09/08/2019 at 10:02PM

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#108 - Noel Evans / @noelevans

09/11/2019 at 07:21PM

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#109 - Cassandra / @kascein

09/18/2019 at 06:25PM

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#110 - Kevin Jung / @KevinJung15

09/22/2019 at 07:52AM

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#111 - Aioriya / @AioriyaDonk

09/25/2019 at 03:50AM

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#112 - Baine Wedlock / @BaineWedlock

09/25/2019 at 12:28PM

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#113 - Josefina Alconada / @jochiAlconada

10/06/2019 at 07:35AM

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#114 - Viktor Styrud / @ViktorStyrud

10/08/2019 at 07:13AM

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#115 - Sam O'Malley / @Samuel_OMalley

10/12/2019 at 12:22PM

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#116 - ErQ325 / @EQ325

10/13/2019 at 07:54AM

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#117 - Mario Olofo / @mario_olofo

10/23/2019 at 01:15AM

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#118 - GrimmT / @GrimmT10

11/02/2019 at 10:06AM

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#119 - vimgolfer / @vimgolfer7

11/02/2019 at 02:16PM

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#120 - Melvin Cheung / @MelvinCheung

11/09/2019 at 03:40PM