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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1899 active golfers, 4824 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1681 - holy_sin / @0zero0

12/16/2016 at 07:13AM

9

#1682 - Tatsuki@HaskellでVim / @ttk_vim

12/24/2016 at 03:01PM

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#1683 - Nico Jansen / @nicojansen1804

01/05/2017 at 09:55PM

9

#1684 - Karol / @kruzelecki

02/16/2017 at 12:35PM

9

#1685 - ek / @bitwisexornull

03/15/2017 at 11:05AM

9

#1686 - Mitchell / @Spitchell

03/15/2017 at 03:37PM

9

#1687 - John Wilson / @Login4anonymity

03/18/2017 at 09:16AM

9

#1688 - Jason Hooper 🇨🇦 / @jasonincanada

04/23/2017 at 01:46AM

9

#1689 - R3s1stanc3 / @r3s1stanc3_

04/23/2017 at 08:28AM

9

#1690 - Pratik Prasad / @pratik

04/30/2017 at 04:10PM

9

#1691 - Alexander Gryson / @agryson

05/01/2017 at 03:18PM

9

#1692 - IgnatiusMcGowan / @IgnatiusMcGowan

05/24/2017 at 01:43AM

9

#1693 - Paweł Styczewski / @kryspuss

07/05/2017 at 11:45AM

9

#1694 - Ildar Gilfanov / @Ildar_Razin

07/21/2017 at 07:25PM

9

#1695 - Marcin Paliwoda / @eukaliptuss

08/25/2017 at 02:32PM

9

#1696 - k4 / @k4limschka

08/30/2017 at 01:47PM

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#1697 - Robert Max Williams / @MaxPhurich

09/11/2017 at 11:55PM

9

#1698 - Ty Wince / @tylerwince

09/27/2017 at 06:54PM

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#1699 - Geoff / @RealGeoffErwin

09/29/2017 at 01:45PM

9

#1700 - Luis Pigueiras / @LPigueiras

10/31/2017 at 02:02PM

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#1701 - BPD (blue checkmark) / @brian_doyle

11/14/2017 at 01:31PM

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#1702 - Sebastian Wieland / @oktupol

01/19/2018 at 02:26PM

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#1703 - aaasdasd / @aaasdasd4

01/21/2018 at 07:34AM

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#1704 - Tachy / @Tachypsychique

01/29/2018 at 01:50PM

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#1705 - Simon Cheng / @bambooraccoon

02/06/2018 at 03:41PM

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#1706 - Tim / @timothyscosta

04/02/2018 at 07:34AM

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#1707 - David Jenkinson / @eighty8t8

04/26/2018 at 06:50AM

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#1708 - Justin Hoyt / @JustinHoyt24

05/03/2018 at 08:38PM

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#1709 - autological_being / @metaporias

05/04/2018 at 03:06PM

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#1710 - Luke Lee / @luke0201

05/06/2018 at 05:10AM