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
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> 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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1874 active golfers, 4717 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1171 - Aaron Ogan / @aaronogan

08/06/2016 at 12:52PM

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#1172 - jn / @j1357924

08/09/2016 at 05:08PM

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#1173 - David Aguilera / @davilera

08/11/2016 at 02:13PM

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#1174 - Antoni Villalonga / @friki

08/15/2016 at 05:29PM

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#1175 - Shadowclysm / @shadowclysm

08/17/2016 at 05:02AM

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#1176 - jj johnson / @jcassj1

08/22/2016 at 05:06PM

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#1177 - John Bucephalus / @AaronHotz

08/24/2016 at 04:44PM

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#1178 - Nabarun Chatterjee / @nabarunch

08/25/2016 at 02:11PM

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#1179 - citaret / @citaret

08/26/2016 at 03:03AM

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#1180 - Paul Roe / @ep_roe

09/05/2016 at 09:25PM

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#1181 - nixi3 / @Nixi3cc

09/07/2016 at 02:21AM

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#1182 - Christophe Perrotin / @ChrisPerSurTwit

09/24/2016 at 07:37PM

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#1183 - Thom Jenkinson / @Thom_Jenks

09/24/2016 at 08:46PM

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#1184 - Vadim Petrov / @downwithbgp

10/05/2016 at 12:29AM

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#1185 - poke / @useraaaaaaaaaaf

10/05/2016 at 02:11PM

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#1186 - Lukas Kruemel / @KruemelKobold

10/06/2016 at 08:36AM

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#1187 - TweetDreams / @TweetMusicians

10/08/2016 at 06:56PM

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#1188 - Ted Myers / @fedorasaurus

10/10/2016 at 08:41PM

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#1189 - Josh Kermond / @Kermond

10/11/2016 at 10:25PM

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#1190 - Baptiste Vannesson / @Badacadabra

10/12/2016 at 04:55PM

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#1191 - Pradeep Kumar 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 / @pradeep6kumar

10/15/2016 at 08:35AM

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#1192 - Lime Hedelmä / @Limetti

10/17/2016 at 01:40AM

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#1193 - Christian Rondeau / @c_rondeau

10/17/2016 at 03:05AM

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#1194 - Mark Dawson / @drmarkdawson

10/25/2016 at 07:18AM

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#1195 - Matti Sairanen / @MattiSairanen

11/13/2016 at 08:12PM

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#1196 - Etienne Florent / @EtienneFlorent

11/22/2016 at 10:33AM

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#1197 - Liam S Ismail / @AC01Y

12/07/2016 at 03:17AM

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#1198 - Sarin Durong / @Sarin4Du

12/11/2016 at 03:13PM

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#1199 - Put me on your list tyrants / @electronjunkie

12/13/2016 at 01:15AM

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#1200 - Michał Dytko / @DytkoM

12/19/2016 at 02:41PM