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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 5fcaaf0e2529cd000c9304ce

Staircase

Going downstairs, while singing the alphabet song. Some vb practice to us all. Would it be much easier to make it go from left to right instead?

Start file
                         A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
End file
                         A
                        BB
                       CCC
                      DDDD
                     EEEEE
                    FFFFFF
                   GGGGGGG
                  HHHHHHHH
                 IIIIIIIII
                JJJJJJJJJJ
               KKKKKKKKKKK
              LLLLLLLLLLLL
             MMMMMMMMMMMMM
            NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
           OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
          PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
         QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
        RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
       SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
      TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
     UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
    VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
   WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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<                          A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
---
>                          A
>                         BB
>                        CCC
>                       DDDD
>                      EEEEE
>                     FFFFFF
>                    GGGGGGG
>                   HHHHHHHH
>                  IIIIIIIII
>                 JJJJJJJJJJ
>                KKKKKKKKKKK
>               LLLLLLLLLLLL
>              MMMMMMMMMMMMM
>             NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
>            OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>           PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
>          QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
>         RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>        SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
>       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
>      UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
>     VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
>    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
>   XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>  YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Solutions

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#31 e1mnos / @e1mnos - Score: 49 - 08/13/21 @ 15:20
:set et<CR>a<CR> <Esc>kqqYpjwXxkvaw:s/\w/<C-R>"/g<CR>xppbXq24@qJZZ

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#32 russellzhaomao / @russellzhaomao - Score: 49 - 05/22/22 @ 13:08
:se et<Tab><CR>a<CR> <Esc><Up>qqYp<Down>wXx<Up>vaw:s/\w/<C-R>"/g<CR>xppbXq24@qJZZ

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#33 Austin Willliams / @GuitarMusash616 - Score: 49 - 11/15/22 @ 17:25
:set et<CR>a<CR> <Esc>kqqYpjwXxkvaw:s/\w/<C-R>"/g<CR>xppbXq24@qJZZ

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#34 jasonlee / @jasonle61136657 - Score: 49 - 04/17/23 @ 06:55
:set et<CR>a<CR> <Esc>kqqYpjwXxkvaw:s/\w/<C-R>"/g<CR>xppbXq24@qJZZ

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Created by: @filbranden

34 active golfers, 149 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):
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#1 - John Braxler / @braxler

08/30/2021 at 03:33PM

21
#2 - Alex Lewin / @_AlexLewin

09/19/2022 at 07:48PM

21
#3 - Jay R / @RonatinJ

09/25/2022 at 09:06PM

21
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05/29/2024 at 08:02AM

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#5 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

07/03/2024 at 10:40PM

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#6 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

08/18/2021 at 09:18AM

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#7 - moh ayaya / @AyayaMoh

08/25/2023 at 06:09PM

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#8 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:17PM

22
#9 - Luoyb / @Luoyb

10/25/2023 at 02:09AM

22
#10 - MonkieeBoi / @MonkieeBoi

11/22/2023 at 07:28AM

26
#11 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

12/05/2020 at 03:56AM

26
#12 - chocolate / @chocola81394123

12/05/2020 at 01:57PM

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#13 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

11/29/2021 at 08:35PM

31
#14 - Georg Bökman / @BokmanGeorg

07/06/2021 at 03:46PM

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#15 - 悟史 / @A1OBJTxN5fTg5EJ

07/14/2021 at 09:23AM

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#16 - 'ymdarake / @ymdarake

08/28/2022 at 08:08AM

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#17 - roudens / @roudens2

05/22/2021 at 05:24PM

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#18 - "Smylers" / @Smylers2

12/07/2020 at 10:12PM

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#19 - redbigyesnoGoThenWhy / @redbigyesno

06/11/2022 at 07:18AM

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#20 - bastien batardier / @supercamarche

11/09/2022 at 09:56PM

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#21 - mevmev / @mevmev8

09/06/2021 at 07:14PM

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#22 - Filipe Brandenburger / @filbranden

12/07/2020 at 09:23PM

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#23 - preethamrn / @preethamrn

10/22/2021 at 09:06PM

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#24 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

01/30/2022 at 06:05PM

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#25 - Tejaswini Deshmukh / @todeshmukh

09/25/2022 at 09:33PM

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#26 - Siddharth Murali / @SidTweetsALess

06/25/2022 at 01:53PM

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#27 - jinx balotchnik / @balotchnik

10/20/2023 at 08:55AM

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#28 - PoustouFlan / @Poustou_Flan

11/21/2022 at 09:48PM

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#29 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/24/2024 at 03:41AM

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#30 - pajamaman7 aka tommyBuckets / @pajamaman7

02/22/2024 at 09:48PM