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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#1771 - Dave Brda / @BrdaDave

10/29/2018 at 08:55PM

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#1772 - Kasparas Lavrukaitis / @kaslvr

11/07/2018 at 03:47PM

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#1773 - Shunichi Kanade / @shunkana

11/18/2018 at 02:31AM

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#1774 - Oren Koriat / @KoriatOren

12/06/2018 at 05:59PM

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#1775 - Matthias Kausl / @sig_segv

04/25/2019 at 06:30PM

10

#1776 - YesSwear / @yesswore

05/20/2019 at 03:06PM

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#1777 - Guillaume leon / @Le_Zappellin

08/29/2019 at 12:43PM

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#1778 - Soptik / @Soptik3

09/28/2019 at 01:29PM

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#1779 - Frederich Stine / @FrederichStine

10/22/2019 at 06:27PM

10

#1780 - Aaron / @_Lordofthevoid_

11/29/2019 at 07:43PM

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#1781 - nisja / @nisja5

08/25/2020 at 02:16AM

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#1782 - Abe Engle / @abe_engle

12/06/2020 at 08:36PM

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#1783 - kijete3127 / @kijete3127

12/13/2020 at 06:53PM

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#1784 - X audio / @X_xaudio

05/30/2021 at 11:54PM

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#1785 - Miguel Nguyen / @_alwaysbeenme

08/25/2021 at 03:24AM

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#1786 - Alira / @Alira_1

12/21/2021 at 04:56PM

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#1787 - Kai Howelmeyer / @kaihowl

08/10/2014 at 04:31PM

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#1788 - Dmitry Teslenko / @krab_mozga

08/13/2014 at 01:19PM

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#1789 - ЕвгенийВ / @imater

10/27/2014 at 05:36AM

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#1790 - Michael Leong / @mhwleong

12/03/2014 at 02:34PM

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#1791 - Adir / @adir

01/08/2015 at 03:37PM

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#1792 - Nicolai Skogheim / @NicolaiSkogheim

01/24/2015 at 02:04AM

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#1793 - Jason Spafford / @JasonSpafford

05/27/2015 at 05:20PM

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#1794 - Nicola A / @aitkenster

07/29/2015 at 04:48PM

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#1795 - Joachim / @errrsooo

09/01/2015 at 10:41PM

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#1796 - Feras / @faldah

04/24/2016 at 03:11AM

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#1797 - Micha / @michman89

08/10/2016 at 10:46AM

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#1798 - Netznarkose / @netznarkose

07/28/2017 at 09:20AM

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#1799 - Omar Zeidan / @OZeidan97

11/13/2018 at 12:41PM

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#1800 - Thiago Preischadt / @TPreischadt

07/10/2019 at 02:38AM