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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 5d7f565deac0df000cfc2154

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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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507 active golfers, 2059 entries

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#331 - Vinay Sharma / @VinaySh63956554

08/08/2020 at 06:58PM

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09/16/2019 at 10:37AM

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#335 - Jason Birchall / @jsonBirchall

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#336 - Harold / @__hrld

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#337 - Elton Kamami / @pixel_grid

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#338 - Sam O'Malley / @Samuel_OMalley

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#339 - Jörg Meyer / @JoergMy

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#340 - Lie Ryan / @lieryan

10/21/2019 at 10:32AM

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#341 - James Houghton / @jamesthoughton

11/10/2019 at 10:52PM

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#342 - zlogan / @zlogan2003

11/24/2019 at 06:00PM

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#343 - Oleg / @colega

01/04/2020 at 01:00AM

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#344 - Sebastien Nicoud / @sebnukem

01/04/2020 at 11:23PM

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#345 - John / @Guyer250

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#346 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

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#347 - vimspam / @vimspam

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#348 - :wq / @write_quit_22

05/22/2021 at 07:13PM

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#349 - Pogues 123 / @123Pogues

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#350 - Urbanovics Péter / @UrbanovicsP

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#351 - Jonathan Lozinski / @jlozinski

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#352 - Phrasendroschke / @phrasendroschke

09/18/2019 at 01:32PM

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#353 - Aioriya / @AioriyaDonk

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#354 - ylv / @ylv_io

09/26/2019 at 10:08PM

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#356 - leo / @leo28356948

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#357 - roemermeier / @roemermeier

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#358 - 0xNinja / @0x_Ninja

10/25/2019 at 08:16AM

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#359 - David / @dalbertom

12/01/2019 at 07:45PM

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#360 - Jason Neylon / @jasonneylon

12/14/2019 at 12:15PM