Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 53d93fc3768e280002124f23

V to the i

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

Start file

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

End file

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

View Diff

1c1
< VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
---
> iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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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1864 active golfers, 4651 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#961 - Nick James / @Verbitan

01/31/2015 at 02:59PM

8

#962 - 裏連 / @uraren_bot

02/02/2015 at 10:04AM

8

#963 - Kristijan Husak / @kristijan_husak

02/02/2015 at 02:50PM

8

#964 - いっこつ / @eZb4

02/03/2015 at 06:43PM

8

#965 - César Enrique / @caenrique93

02/03/2015 at 11:39PM

8

#966 - Steven Lu / @stevenlu443

02/07/2015 at 05:05AM

8

#967 - Larry Battle / @LarryBattle

02/08/2015 at 04:09PM

8

#968 - かっかる / @86ktcal

02/12/2015 at 06:54AM

8

#969 - xieyh11 / @xieyh11

02/13/2015 at 04:26AM

8

#970 - lpm11 / T. Tsunoda / @lpm11

02/16/2015 at 11:13AM

8

#971 - Tim Branyen / @tbranyen

02/18/2015 at 04:20AM

8

#972 - d1uckym d1uckym / @d1uckym

02/18/2015 at 08:08PM

8

#973 - Amer / @amerlyq

02/24/2015 at 03:23PM

8

#974 - Arturo Volpe / @CochoVolpe

02/25/2015 at 03:28AM

8

#975 - nope / @nope_gknobup

03/01/2015 at 10:23PM

8

#976 - Кисы / @ubermuschi

03/01/2015 at 11:44PM

8

#977 - Raja Sharan Mamidala / @rajasharan

03/02/2015 at 02:59AM

8

#978 - Yuan Guan / @yuanguan89

03/02/2015 at 04:57AM

8

#979 - Mariano Macchi / @mmacchif

03/02/2015 at 11:44AM

8

#980 - ylletyll / @ylletyll

03/02/2015 at 08:42PM

8

#981 - Matthew Bender / @iobender

03/02/2015 at 08:42PM

8

#982 - Ben Plantinga / @benplantinga

03/03/2015 at 06:51AM

8

#983 - Roman Decker / @_roman_empire_

03/05/2015 at 12:24PM

8

#984 - Gideon VanRiette / @gidjv

03/05/2015 at 06:47PM

8

#985 - Ch Ri / @szirocco

03/07/2015 at 09:46AM

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#986 - Shahaf A / @Av3r4ge

03/07/2015 at 07:47PM

8

#987 - Anand Gaitonde / @UsedRecently

03/08/2015 at 12:14AM

8

#988 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

03/08/2015 at 02:03AM

8

#989 - Epety / @sudoask

03/10/2015 at 06:17AM

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#990 - Ala' Ibrahim / @alaa_ibrahim

03/10/2015 at 08:35AM