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$ gem install vimgolf
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$ vimgolf put 5d5c4f742eb5c3000624f668

ASCII-art Histogram

Create an ASCCI-art histogram for the given numbers. Make sure not to leave trailing whitespaces. Thanks to VimGolf I recently discovered a feature of Vim thAT blew my mind. I'm curious to see what real ninjas make of it ;-)

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 2  4  3  6  5  8  9  7  2  3  1

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                  [#]
               [#][#]
               [#][#][#]
         [#]   [#][#][#]
         [#][#][#][#][#]
   [#]   [#][#][#][#][#]
   [#][#][#][#][#][#][#]   [#]
[#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#]
[#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#]
 2  4  3  6  5  8  9  7  2  3  1

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0a1,10
> 
>                   [#]
>                [#][#]
>                [#][#][#]
>          [#]   [#][#][#]
>          [#][#][#][#][#]
>    [#]   [#][#][#][#][#]
>    [#][#][#][#][#][#][#]   [#]
> [#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#]
> [#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#][#]

Solutions by @NinjaVim:

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57 active golfers, 320 entries

Solutions by @NinjaVim:

62

#43 - vim_ninja / @NinjaVim

08/23/2019 at 03:35AM

66

#>44 - vim_ninja / @NinjaVim

08/23/2019 at 01:01AM

202

#>57 - vim_ninja / @NinjaVim

08/23/2019 at 12:55AM