Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Changelog, Rules & FAQ, updates: @vimgolf, RSS.

Your VimGolf key: please sign in

$ 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!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

ii<Esc>:5s<BS><BS>%s/V/i/gd<BS><CR>:wq<CR>

Created by: @udioica Tweet

1899 active golfers, 4824 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

8

#1441 - BnnGolfer / @BnnGolfer

03/28/2020 at 11:49PM

8

#1442 - Deepak Talan / @d02d33pak

04/07/2020 at 12:07PM

8

#1443 - Ryan Burmeister-Morrison / @rburmorrison

04/10/2020 at 02:54PM

8

#1444 - volandkit / @volandkit

04/22/2020 at 07:13PM

8

#1445 - Moatvald / @moatvald

04/25/2020 at 10:42AM

8

#1446 - Zachary Lee / @abstractlyZach

04/25/2020 at 07:06PM

8

#1447 - dule2607 / @dule26071

05/02/2020 at 02:17PM

8

#1448 - Vinícius Hoyer / @viniciushoyer

05/04/2020 at 01:46PM

8

#1449 - Soumadeep Saha / @SoumadeepSaha8

05/10/2020 at 01:43AM

8

#1450 - iBhagwan / @iiBhagwan

05/11/2020 at 08:24PM

8

#1451 - Axel / @Axel07930943

05/29/2020 at 06:50AM

8

#1452 - Bob Streams / @BobStreams1

06/01/2020 at 09:24PM

8

#1453 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

06/03/2020 at 01:45AM

8

#1454 - Manke Derkel / @MankeDerkel

06/03/2020 at 09:17PM

8

#1455 - otfsenter / @otfsenter

06/04/2020 at 03:24PM

8

#1456 - nico / @res_tantum

06/08/2020 at 10:20PM

8

#1457 - Yannick / @Yannick88147038

06/14/2020 at 02:03PM

8

#1458 - dirkrob / @dirkrob1

06/18/2020 at 03:30AM

8

#1459 - Di Liu / @Skyerliu

06/21/2020 at 03:22AM

8

#1460 - Brennan Barker / @BrennanJBarker

07/06/2020 at 04:13PM

8

#1461 - kok / @kok89428331

07/25/2020 at 07:17AM

8

#1462 - Norman Liu / @normanwliu

07/26/2020 at 12:02AM

8

#1463 - Vinay Sharma / @VinaySh63956554

08/11/2020 at 07:37AM

8

#1464 - Martin Kauppinen / @MartinKauppinen

08/16/2020 at 12:20PM

8

#1465 - elroylee / @elroylee11

08/23/2020 at 11:39AM

8

#1466 - Martin Bielik / @mabielik

09/05/2020 at 08:55PM

8

#1467 - JP / @JP16366170

09/08/2020 at 02:33PM

8

#1468 - Brendan Schaenzer / @bschaenzer

09/30/2020 at 07:08PM

8

#1469 - william cedervall / @Master_smily

10/01/2020 at 02:36PM

8

#1470 - The Valencian Dev / @thevalenciandev

10/13/2020 at 10:33AM