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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1891 active golfers, 4796 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1291 - mephory / @mephory

05/06/2018 at 05:31PM

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#1292 - Sean Earle / @Hell_Rok

05/07/2018 at 05:31AM

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#1293 - Nathanael / @ngsilverman

05/09/2018 at 04:14AM

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#1294 - Moritz Manner / @moritz_manner

05/11/2018 at 12:19PM

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#1295 - Jonathan Camilleri / @Too_Many_Taken

05/24/2018 at 02:21PM

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#1296 - Cosmic Frog / @Cozmicfrog

05/25/2018 at 01:58PM

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#1297 - Plexigras / @plexigras

06/03/2018 at 03:29PM

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#1298 - Kevin Johnson / @kjjuno

06/04/2018 at 02:51PM

8

#1299 - サブアカウント / @WeazulyS

06/05/2018 at 04:43AM

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#1300 - Dylan Nelson / @dlnnlsn

06/08/2018 at 05:04AM

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#1301 - Chris Dean / @ChrisDe62379742

06/12/2018 at 04:56PM

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#1302 - deeplow / @deeplow1337

06/15/2018 at 06:37PM

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#1303 - Puj / @MrPuj

07/10/2018 at 12:05PM

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#1304 - ハヤシ / @0__098

07/17/2018 at 01:57PM

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#1305 - 최종원 / @lastone9182

07/17/2018 at 02:40PM

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#1306 - 伺か / @ojiry

07/19/2018 at 04:22AM

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#1307 - Benny / @b1299709

07/29/2018 at 10:56AM

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#1308 - Владислав / @papa_gusserl

08/08/2018 at 02:46PM

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#1309 - 村橋究理基M.Kuriki@北大 / @mkuriki_

08/11/2018 at 01:57AM

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#1310 - Chirag Joshi / @thechijos

08/13/2018 at 07:28AM

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#1311 - Frank Korf / @OMGFrank

08/16/2018 at 07:19PM

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#1312 - Mark Watson / @mrkrwtsn

08/17/2018 at 07:51PM

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#1313 - Coruja Queridinha / @miriamretka

08/21/2018 at 09:32PM

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#1314 - Stefan Heyder / @Astheny_

09/17/2018 at 12:27PM

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#1315 - Brendan B Amdocs / @AmdocsB

09/26/2018 at 04:16PM

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#1316 - golgi / @gloggyapparatus

10/02/2018 at 09:19AM

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#1317 - Roger Bongers / @RogerBongers

10/05/2018 at 06:53PM

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#1318 - Bruce Adams / @bruceadams1054

10/08/2018 at 12:29PM

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#1319 - Aubrey Lavigne / @AubreySLavigne

10/20/2018 at 08:17AM

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#1320 - Jo / @Jo59893132

10/25/2018 at 06:02AM