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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1874 active golfers, 4717 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1621 - Jay Hack / @_jayhack_

12/11/2015 at 08:25PM

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#1622 - manfred knapp / @fred_pooshka

12/13/2015 at 01:40PM

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#1623 - Paulo H Baumann / @PauloBaumann

12/14/2015 at 03:28PM

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#1624 - Christopher Wells / @ExcaliburZero_Z

12/19/2015 at 02:30PM

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#1625 - retro / @tryphopp

12/22/2015 at 03:49AM

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#1626 - Robert Clark / @rsclark2

12/31/2015 at 04:33PM

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#1627 - Charles Reynolds / @reynoldscem

01/07/2016 at 07:55PM

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#1628 - twenty2twoss / @twenty2twoss

01/11/2016 at 09:20PM

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#1629 - Antoine Brunet / @AntoineBrunet

01/11/2016 at 09:27PM

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#1630 - hammboning / @_PuttPirates_

01/13/2016 at 11:24PM

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#1631 - TS / @tiredsounds

01/27/2016 at 05:02AM

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#1632 - Etienne Tremel / @etiennetremel

02/06/2016 at 02:55PM

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#1633 - Pratap Koritala / @pratap_koritala

02/19/2016 at 07:20AM

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#1634 - Craig Hills / @chills42

03/05/2016 at 02:22AM

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#1635 - fabi / @ffabi

03/12/2016 at 05:03PM

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#1636 - HypoTech / @Obongoetco

04/13/2016 at 02:20PM

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#1637 - danny Lazarow / @dannylazarow

04/30/2016 at 09:10PM

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#1638 - mattp (part of the 💉💉💉 club) / @mattpep

05/09/2016 at 11:11PM

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#1639 - Henry Dang / @henrydangchs

05/15/2016 at 02:55AM

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#1640 - Kenny Lau / @kkkennnny

06/02/2016 at 08:10AM

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#1641 - Albert Le Batteux / @Aera_style

06/03/2016 at 03:46PM

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#1642 - malet / @Malet

06/22/2016 at 07:32PM

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#1643 - Michael Englehorn / @K0HAX

07/02/2016 at 12:56AM

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#1644 - Kento Kaneko / @kentokaneko

07/06/2016 at 05:04PM

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#1645 - Leix b / @leix_b

07/08/2016 at 04:18PM

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#1646 - EvLSnoopY / @EvLSnoopY

07/24/2016 at 06:29AM

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#1647 - Jeremiah Goyette / @JeremiahGoyette

07/31/2016 at 08:48PM

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#1648 - PeterGC / @petkusGC

08/12/2016 at 12:20AM

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#1649 - Olaf Ole Olafsson / @OlafOleOlafsson

08/12/2016 at 09:40PM

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#1650 - 이선협 / @kciter

08/31/2016 at 04:20PM