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, 4798 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1561 - Иоаннъ / @Vaneskot

01/22/2015 at 08:18AM

9

#1562 - air wick / @airwickc

01/23/2015 at 12:08AM

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#1563 - gbin / @gbin

01/24/2015 at 08:51PM

9

#1564 - ulrivo / @ulrivo

01/25/2015 at 08:53PM

9

#1565 - SilentFl / @Silent_Fl

01/26/2015 at 11:11AM

9

#1566 - Thomas Larrieu / @t_larrieu

01/29/2015 at 03:55PM

9

#1567 - Sri Kadimisetty / @sri

02/12/2015 at 04:08AM

9

#1568 - か◯りえ / @katorie

02/12/2015 at 05:35AM

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#1569 - wilddog64 / @chengkai318

02/12/2015 at 09:34PM

9

#1570 - 哆啦比猫 / @cjxgm2

02/13/2015 at 12:47PM

9

#1571 - Алексанр Цыганков / @capybarov

02/13/2015 at 06:50PM

9

#1572 - Pierre Langlois / @_pierrelanglois

02/14/2015 at 02:18PM

9

#1573 - Thomas Brisbout / @le_briz

02/17/2015 at 03:04PM

9

#1574 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

02/17/2015 at 08:15PM

9

#1575 - Dorian Scheidt / @DorianListens

02/25/2015 at 02:54AM

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#1576 - Jake Eaton / @Jake__Eaton

02/28/2015 at 07:09AM

9

#1577 - YK / @Dongas420

03/01/2015 at 02:17AM

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#1578 - vimgolf / @neovimp

03/05/2015 at 08:56AM

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#1579 - shugen / @shugeno

03/12/2015 at 08:19PM

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#1580 - uɐɥlnƃ uɐɯɹǝ / @egulhan

03/15/2015 at 05:25PM

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#1581 - Alexander Putilin / @SashaPutilin

03/16/2015 at 10:50PM

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#1582 - Jeffrey Gu / @Jeffrey_Gu

03/19/2015 at 09:55PM

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#1583 - ɐʇnɥsɐpoʇ / @todashuta

03/25/2015 at 09:10AM

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#1584 - ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಜೋಶಿ / @subbucoding

04/04/2015 at 10:03PM

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#1585 - teeheewa / @Heewa

04/07/2015 at 02:27PM

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#1586 - John Lee / @NSA_agent_209

04/12/2015 at 07:02PM

9

#1587 - Brian Olpin / @bolpin

04/13/2015 at 07:29AM

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#1588 - Kevin Ilphrin Pellet / @Kilphrin

04/15/2015 at 01:30PM

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#1589 - pratik.is/ / @pratik_is_

04/20/2015 at 08:30PM

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#1590 - Thomas / @moatra

04/21/2015 at 04:26AM